| 词汇 | millionaire |
| 词源 | millionaire. Fur and real estate tycoon John Jacob Astor (1763–1848) was probably the first American to be called a millionaire, for the word entered English from the French millionnaire in about 1820, but there were Americans who accumulated millions before him, the first probably being the Virginia planter and banker Robert “King” Carter, who owned more than 300,000 acres in the late 17th century See also billionaire; milliard; multimillionaire; myriad; trillionaire. |
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