magnate
- a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
- a person of eminence or distinction in any field: literary magnates.
- a member of the former upper house in either the Polish or Hungarian parliament.
Origin of magnate
Related Words for magnate
merchant, tycoon, capitalist, mogul, financier, aristocrat, noble, name, figure, VIP, plutocrat, notable, personage, chief, businessperson, lion, industrialist, bigwig, peer, leaderExamples from the Web for magnate
Contemporary Examples of magnate
He gained infamy (and a Lifetime movie) for pretending to be a magnate's heir.
Fake Rockefeller, Real Murder: The Case of Christian Karl GerhartsreiterChristine Pelisek
March 19, 2013
In 2006, the Left Front government invited the magnate Ratan Tata to set up his Nano factory at Singur.
What brought Stephanie Seymour and her magnate husband, Peter Brant, back together after an ugly divorce battle?
Historical Examples of magnate
Then, as a new thought came to the magnate, he spoke with a trace of anxiety.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
Then he dropped to a seat on the couch, and proceeded to make his confidences to the magnate.
Within the LawMarvin Dana
The magnate, red-faced and angry, returned with him to the station.
The Depot MasterJoseph C. Lincoln
The boy grinned bashfully and opined the magnate just mentioned was "all right."
ShavingsJoseph C. Lincoln
He was dressed like a magnate who was also a person of taste.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
magnate
- a person of power and rank in any sphere, esp in industry
- history a great nobleman
- (formerly) a member of the upper chamber in certain European parliaments, as in Hungary
Word Origin for magnate
Word Origin and History for magnate
mid-15c., "great man, noble, man of wealth," from Late Latin magnates, plural of magnas "great person, nobleman," from Latin magnus "great, large, big" (of size), "abundant" (of quantity), "great, considerable" (of value), "strong, powerful" (of force); of persons, "elder, aged," also, figuratively, "great, mighty, grand, important," from PIE *mag-no-, from root *meg- "great" (cf. Sanskrit maha-, mahat- "great;" Greek megas, fem. megale "great, large;" Gothic mikils, Old English micel "great, big, many;" see mickle).