Magnate Definition

măgnāt, -nĭt
magnates
noun
magnates
A very important and influential person in business or industry.
Webster's New World

Metal object with flux.

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A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.

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Noun

Singular:
magnate
Plural:
magnates

Origin of Magnate

  • From Middle English magnates magnates from Late Latin magnātēs pl. of magnās magnate from Latin magnus great meg- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin magnum (“great")

    From Wiktionary

Magnate Sentence Examples

  • When she returned to Petersburg both the magnate and the prince were there, and both claimed their rights.

  • He was chosen for this particular mission as being himself a Hungarian magnate conversant with Hungarian affairs, but at the same time of the party devoted to the court.

  • Christian revenged himself by executing the magnate Torben Oxe, who, on very creditable evidence, was supposed to have been Dyveke's murderer, despite the strenuous opposition of Oxe's fellow-peers; and henceforth the king lost no opportunity of depressing the nobility and raising plebeians to power.

  • Henry put it down with a strong hand, forbidding all liveries entirely, save for the mere domestic retainers of each magnate.

  • Dionysus, being set up against him (145) by Tryphon, a magnate of the kingdom.

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Words Starting With

MMAMAG

Words Ending With

ETEATE

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