Magnate Meaning
/ˈmæɡneɪt/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounPowerful industrialist; captain of industry.
nounA person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
Sentence Examples
Sami was an Egyptian shipping magnate.
He is a magnate.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The oil ____ built a huge company and owned many refineries across the country.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The business ____ had a huge impact on the world's economy and was one of the wealthiest people today.
Word Origin & History
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"With a suitable amount of life experience under her belt, she sat down and conjured up the sexiest, most delicious Italian wine magnate she could imagine, had him make his biggest mistake, and gave him a wife on the run."
— 2014, Jennifer Hayward, The Magnate's Manifesto, Harlequin, →ISBN, page 2:
"Sir Richard Branson is an English business magnate, best known as the founder of the multimillion-pound Virgin Group, which consists of more than four hundred companies."
— 2015, Rod Judkins, The Art of Creative Thinking, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
"He mingled with the Magnates of his land; / Join'd the carousals of the great and gay, […]"
— 1814, [Lord Byron], “[Lara, a Tale.] Canto I.”, in Lara, a Tale. Jacqueline, a Tale, London: […] [F]or J[ohn] Murray, […], [b]y T[homas] Davison, […], →OCLC, stanza VII, page 10, lines 98–99:
"[…] but there is not an illiterate Justice of the Peace, or rural magnate in the form of a country squire, that would not detect such a man as an empirie at once, if he rested his claim to such an appointment on the score of his scholarship."
— 1839 November 2, “Brindley in Manchester”, in New Moral World, page 857:
"Those considered politically dangerous could be excluded from office by declaring them magnates, while cancellation of magnate status was a mark of favour, a means of political patronage."
— 2006, Christine Shaw, Popular Government and Oligarchy in Renaissance Italy, →ISBN, page 152:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The oil ____ built a huge company and owned many refineries across the country.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The business ____ had a huge impact on the world's economy and was one of the wealthiest people today.