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magnate
[mag-neyt, -nit]
noun
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.
magnate
/ ˈmæɡneɪt, -nɪt /
noun
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
Other 51Թ Forms
- magnateship noun
- ˈԲٱˌ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of magnate1
Example Sentences
The corporate magnate slowly turned into a health guru with a populist bent.
In the 1950s, the Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis — soon to be familiar on American shores as the second husband of Jacqueline Kennedy — supposedly declared that Long Beach was “the world’s most modern shipping port.”
"As you know from real estate, there are some places that are never for sale," he told property magnate Trump, likening Canada to the Oval Office itself and to Britain's Buckingham Palace.
Oliver took on coal magnate Bob Murray, Trump's pal who sued “Last Week Tonight” and HBO in 2017, threatening to give the network “the fight of its existence.”
Dupuy took us to Mariposa Avenue, nicknamed Millionaire’s Row because of its huge mansions, including his childhood home, originally built for map publishing magnate Andrew McNally.
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