Definition of magnate

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mag·nate    (mgnt, -nt) KEY  

NOUN:

A powerful or influential person, especially in business or industry: an oil magnate.

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ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English magnates, magnates, from Late Latin magnts, pl. of magns, magnate, from Latin magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots

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