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Definition of Magnate
1. Noun. A very wealthy or powerful businessman. "An oil baron"
Generic synonyms: Businessman, Man Of Affairs
Specialized synonyms: Oil Tycoon
Definition of Magnate
1. Noun. Metal object with flux. ¹
2. Noun. Powerful industrialist; captain of industry. ¹
3. Noun. A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Magnate
1. a powerful or influential person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Magnate
Literary usage of Magnate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selected Articles on Government Ownership of Railroads by Edith M. Phelps (1914)
"Uncle Sam as a Railroad magnate. The average American thinks little of Uncle Sam
... in Panama Uncle Sam has shown remarkable ability as a railroad magnate. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... of attraction which enables persons in sound health to draw the sick to them ;
this force he compares to that of the loadstone and calls it magnate. ..."
3. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1908)
""Washington as a colonial magnate. E: N. Vallandigham. 11. Putnam's. 3: 517-29.
F. '08. Virginia City, Nevada. Social life of Virginia in the 17th century, ..."
4. Oceana, Or, England and Her Colonies by James Anthony Froude (1887)
"Tour in the interior of the North Island—Aspect of the country—A colonial
magnate—Federation, and the conditions of it—The Maori— Cambridge at the ..."
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