millionaire
n. countable A2 Elementary US //ˌmɪɫjəˈnɛɹ// UK //mˌɪliənˈeə// mil·lion·aire
n. a person who has at least one million dollars, pounds, or euros. You use this to describe someone who is very rich.
n. a person whose assets or net worth are valued at one million units of currency or more. Often used to signify a high level of wealth and financial independence.
He became a millionaire after selling his tech company.
The lottery winner woke up as a millionaire, but she promised to keep her job at the hospital.
While being a millionaire was once the ultimate symbol of opulence, inflation has shifted that perception toward the multi-millionaire or billionaire classes in many global financial hubs.
From French millionnaire. By surface analysis, million + -aire.