thousandaire

English

Etymology

thousand +‎ -aire

Noun

thousandaire (plural thousandaires)

1. (humorous) Somebody whose wealth is greater than one thousand units of the local currency.
   • 2009 March 13, Clyde Haberman, “The Rich: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     “Obviously, no tears will be shed for the fact that billionaires have gone down in their net worth,” Steve Forbes, the magazine’s editor in chief, told a gathering of thousandaires, more commonly known as journalists.

Derived terms

• multithousandaire
• thousandairess