Meaning of MAGNATE
| Pronunciation: | | 'magneyt
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| | Definition: | | [n] a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" |
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| | Synonyms: | | baron, big businessman, business leader, king, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon |
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| | See Also: | | businessman, man of affairs, oil tycoon | |
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| | Definition: | | \Mag"nate\, [F. magnat, L. (pl.) magnates, magnati, fr.
magnus great. See {Master}.]
1. A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of
influence or distinction in any sphere.
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| | Related Terms: | | archduke, aristocrat, armiger, banker, baron, baronet, big boss, big businessman, big gun, big man, big name, big wheel, big-timer, bigwig, blue blood, Brahman, brass, brass hat, business leader, businessman, captain of industry, celebrity, count, czar, daimio, dignitary, dignity, director, duke, earl, elder, enterpriser, entrepreneur, esquire, Establishment, fat cat, father, figure, financier, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, great man, hidalgo, important person, industrialist, interests, king, lace-curtain, laird, landgrave, lion, little businessman, lord, lordling, lords of creation, magnifico, man of commerce, man of mark, manager, margrave, marquis, merchant prince, mogul, nabob, name, noble, nobleman, notability, notable, optimate, palsgrave, panjandrum, patrician, peer, person of renown, personage, personality, pillar of society, plutocrat, power, power elite, prince, ruling circle, sachem, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, somebody, something, squire, swell, the great, the top, thoroughbred, top brass, top executive, top people, tycoon, upper-cruster, very important person, VIP, viscount, waldgrave, worthy |
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