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Definition of Gillion
1. Cardinal numeral. (rare) A thousand million, proposed as an alternative to the (now little used) British '''milliard''' and the (ambiguous, in the UK) US '''billion'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gillion
1. a thousand million [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gillion
Literary usage of Gillion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Observations on the Popular Antiquities of Great Britain: Chiefly by John Brand, Henry Ellis (1901)
"In Warwickshire, Mab-led (pronounced mob-led) signifies led astray by a Will o'
the wisp. It had the title also of Gyl burnt tayle, or gillion a burnt tail« ..."
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