magnate
Powerful industrialistPowerful industrialist; captain of industry.
» He is a magnate.
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3 sensesPowerful industrialist; captain of industry.
I have decided to become an oil magnate, after spending quite some time reading the dictionary definition of the word magnate.
магна́тmagnát
магна́тmahnát
a very wealthy or powerful businessperson
A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
(historical)In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.
Examples
4 sentencesHe is a magnate.
Miroslav is a business magnate.
I was in a rage against those whom you quote and who work hard for their magnates.
Sami was an Egyptian shipping magnate.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnusBorrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.
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