magnate

The definition of a magnate is someone who is influential and powerful in a specific field.

(noun)

William Randolph Hearst is an example of a newspaper magnate.

See magnate in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a very important or influential person in any field of activity, esp. in a large business or industry

Origin: ME < LL magnas (pl. magnates), great man < L magnus, great: see magni-

See magnate in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

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

Origin:

Origin: From Middle English magnates, magnates

Origin: , from Late Latin magnātēs

Origin: , pl. of magnās, magnate

Origin: , from Latin magnus, great; see meg- in Indo-European roots

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