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optionaire en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of option + millionaire.

Meanings

1. A person whose wealth consists of or was made through stock options.
   • Don't you just get sick thinking about all those Silicon Valley optionaires who lost much of their fortune in the tech meltdown? 2001 May 1, Daniel Kadlec, “Options At Work”, in Time:
2. A person who has been afforded greater opportunities by having been born into privilege.
   • A new word, "optionaires," makes this distinction. Optionaires are defined as people who grew up in the affluent society — that is, the upper third of the nation — and have options in life and privileges in society as a result of their upbringing. 1980, Celeste MacLeod, Horatio Alger, Farewell: The End of the American Dream, Seaview Books, →ISBN, page 144:

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