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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
Derived Forms
- ˈ³¾²¹²µ²Ô²¹³Ù±ðËŒ²õ³ó¾±±è, noun
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ³¾²¹²µî€ƒn²¹³Ù±ð·²õ³ó¾±±è noun
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of magnate1
Example Sentences
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.
All of these characters — even the more objectively callous ones like Father, a retired energy industry magnate writing a revisionist biography to absolve his culpability — teem with empathy.
The assured magnate, the superficial wife, the doted-upon child who was raised so cloistered he whistles canary songs to a tank of crawdads and tries to teach pet tricks to a fish.
The evil business magnate can’t buy his way out of prison.
Also left unsaid: how many people will assist the two magnates and how that staff will be paid.
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