magnate
Americannoun
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a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc..
a railroad magnate.
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a person of eminence or distinction in any field.
literary magnates.
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a member of the former upper house in either the Polish or Hungarian parliament.
noun
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a person of power and rank in any sphere, esp in industry
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history a great nobleman
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(formerly) a member of the upper chamber in certain European parliaments, as in Hungary
Other Word Forms
- magnateship noun
Etymology
Origin of magnate
1400–50; back formation from Middle English magnates (plural) < Late Latin magnātēs leading people, equivalent to Latin magn ( us ) magn- + -ātēs, plural of -ās noun suffix
Example Sentences
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"That's been sort of a side effect of the modern world," said Wright, a former fracking magnate.
From Barron's
In the early hours of Jan. 3, energy magnate Harry Sargeant III was in bed at his waterfront Florida mansion, struggling to fall to sleep.
In the late 1960s, the Texas restaurant magnate J. David Bamberger went shopping for the saddest, sorriest-looking piece of real estate he could find in the Texas Hill Country.
In The WSJ Money Interview, Gunjan Banerji will sit down with business magnates, financial titans and upstarts from all walks of life to answer your questions about how they made their fortunes.
The Wall Street Journal’s Gunjan Banerji is sitting down with business magnates, financial titans and upstarts from all walks of life to answer your questions about how they made their fortunes.
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