magnate-ship
neɪt, -nɪt 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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| —n | |
| 1. | a person of power and rank in any sphere, esp in industry |
| 2. | history a great nobleman |
| 3. | (formerly) a member of the upper chamber in certain European parliaments, as in Hungary |
| [C15: back formation from earlier magnates from Late Latin: great men, plural of magnās, from Latin magnus great] | |
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Word Origin & History
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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