magnifico
a Venetian nobleman.
any person of high rank, major importance, etc.
Origin of magnifico
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How to use magnifico in a sentence
He is obscure enough, and makes me sometimes wonder whether the ignotum does not pass itself off for the magnifico in his pages.
The Letters of William James, Vol. 1 | William JamesBy the same profuse expenditure his grandson Lorenzo became known as Lorenzo il magnifico.
Cathedral Cities of Italy | William Wiehe CollinsThe Baglioni are rarely mentioned without the title of magnifico being added to their name.
The Story of Perugia | Margaret SymondsIt was the beginning of April 1492, and the magnifico was only in his forty-fourth year.
The Story of Florence | Edmund G. GardnerAll the more prominent members of the Medicean family were styled magnifico in the same way.
The Story of Florence | Edmund G. Gardner
British Dictionary definitions for magnifico
/ (mæɡˈnɪfɪˌkəʊ) /
a magnate; grandee
Origin of magnifico
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