magnate
noun
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc..
magnates
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pluralof magnate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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From John Sutter on to a “dress rehearsal” for a Confederate victory and through to resource magnates like Leland Stanford, readers will understand that a conflict between North and South also included the West.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
But I’ve tackled enough of it to inform you that, sadly, ignoring Charles Schwab or J. P. Morgan Chase will not make the ghosts of these greedy American business magnates go away.
From Salon ● Mar. 24, 2026
Greek shipping companies collectively control the world’s biggest tanker fleet, giving magnates such as Prokopiou a powerful role in the oil market and access in Washington, D.C.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
It is, by design, capable of confronting not merely individual wrongdoers but vast criminal networks and incalculably rich corporations and commercial magnates.
From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2024
A passenger train also rolled through town, carrying not only travelers of modest means but also the well-appointed private coaches that the wealthy magnates of that era owned and used to travel around the country.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
