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  • noun humorous An incredibly rich person.

Etymologies

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From squillion and modelled on millionaire

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Examples

  • From Las Vegas, Jon Ralston reports that casino squillionaire Sheldon Adelson's family is stumping up another $5m for the Gingrich campaign:Time to sell all those Intrade contracts on Mitt Romney eh?

    Florida primary campaign – live 2012

  • I have the misfortune to live in a town where squillionaire socialist Poll has one of her three homes and I've seen her a couple of times.

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • It says much for the state of the Liebour Govt that the best they could put up to defnd Bruin on Today today was the squillionaire ex-Tory traitor Dead Shornwood and the only MP in the party who's done military service, Eric Joyce (who offered equivocation at best).

    Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister? 2010

  • The profits go back into pensions for the employees and investment for the entity, instead of the pockets of squillionaire shareholders and wealthy private equity vehicles.

    Vote Against. 2009

  • My prediction, they will approach that hoary old hero of the poor and disadvantage, multi-squillionaire Al Gore of Hanging Chads to balance the age and experience issue against Mr McCain.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2008

  • He was already a multi-squillionaire through his own efforts.

    Levy Didn't Propose Honours List Names. Yeah, Right... 2007

  • Again, Levy is a self-made squillionaire in a cut-throat business.

    Will Lord Levy Sing Like a Canary? 2007

  • If I were a squillionaire, I'd have these guys build half the furniture in my palatial estate, and get Roger Wood to build the other half.

    Boing Boing: March 23, 2003 - March 29, 2003 Archives 2003

  • When one nerd squillionaire makes some hubristic prediction about the future, another nerd squillionaire can call her/him on it and challenge her/him to a friendly wager of $1000 or more.

    Boing Boing: March 24, 2002 - March 30, 2002 Archives 2002

  • What do Labour MP Paul Flynn and the real estate squillionaire Donald Trump have in common?

    Epolitix News 2010

  • His new inversion-related mission leads him first to a fixer, Neil (a delightful Robert Pattinson), useful for both his action chops and his master’s in physics, then to a Mumbai arms dealer (Dimple Kapadia), whose fortress apartment can only be accessed by bungee jump, and thence to the villainous Ukrainian squillionaire Andrei Sator (Kenneth Branagh), who can only be accessed via his wife, Kat (Elizabeth Debicki), a miserable, imperiled art dealer who loathes him.

    ‘Tenet’ Review: Christopher Nolan’s Time-Bending Take on James Bond By 2020

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