magnate

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for magnate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From Latin magnum (“great”).

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈmæɡneɪt/, /ˈmæɡnət/
  • Homophone: magnet (/ˈmægnət/)

Noun

magnate (plural magnates)

  1. Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
  2. A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.

Translations

Anagrams

Italian

Noun

magnate m (plural magnati)

  1. magnate, tycoon, captain of industry

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

magnāte

  1. vocative singular of magnātus

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maɡˈnate/, [maɣˈnat̪e]

Noun

magnate m (plural magnates, feminine magnata, feminine plural magnatas)

  1. magnate, tycoon

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