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noun
1.
a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
2.
a person of eminence or distinction in any field: literary magnates.
3.
a member of the former upper house in either the Polish or Hungarian parliament.
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Magnate
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- All things equal, the pizza magnate had a pretty good evening.
- Steichen prepared for the shoot by having a janitor sit in for the magnate while he perfected the lighting.
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magnate
1430, "great man, noble, man of wealth," from L.L. magnates, pl. of magnas (gen. magnatis) "great person, nobleman," from L. magnus "great," from PIE *mag-no-, from base *meg- "great" (cf. Skt. maha-, mahat- "great," Gk. megas, fem. megale "great, large," Goth. mikils, O.E. micel "great, big, many").
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