Magnate
['mægneɪt] or ['mæɡnet]
Definition
(-) A person of rank; a noble or grandee; a person of influence or distinction in any sphere.
(-) One of the nobility, or certain high officers of state belonging to the noble estate in the national representation of Hungary, and formerly of Poland.
Editor: Vicky
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Noble, nobleman, grandee, man of rank, distinguished person.
Checker: Ramona
Definition
n. a noble: a man of rank or wealth.
Typist: Mag
Unserious Contents or Definition
One who can float capital in a considerable body of water. From Lat. magnus, great, and nator, to swim; a great swimmer.
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Examples
- Franklin's great-grandfather had been imprisoned for writing sa tirical verses about some provincial magnate. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- THE INDUSTRIAL MAGNATE In Beldover, there was both for Ursula and for Gudrun an interval. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- An aunt of my father's, and consequently a great-aunt of mine, of whom I shall have more to relate by and by, was the principal magnate of our family. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Bishop then betook himself up-stairs, and the other magnates gradually floated up after him until there was no one left below but Mr Merdle. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Old Acton, who is one of our county magnates, had his house broken into last Monday. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Among the evening magnates was a famous physician, who knew everybody, and whom everybody knew. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Other magnates paired off. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- Becky had met other Hungarian magnates with the army in France in 1816-17. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Mr. Guppy has no eyes for either of these magnates. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Editor: Ned