Antedating of "Billionaire"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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billionaire (OED 1861)

1847 _Cabinet_ (Schenectady, NY) 23 Mar. 2 (GenealogyBank)  The following story was related of John Jacob Astor, the New-York Billionaire.

Fred Shapiro

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