Word of the Day:
magnate
What It Means
Powerful industrialist; captain of industry.
A person of rank, influence or distinction in any sphere.
In medieval and early modern Italy, a member of a legally defined category of especially wealthy patrician families, often deprived of the right to political participation by republican governments.
I have decided to become an oil magnate, after spending quite some time reading the dictionary definition of the word magnate.
Magnate in Context
“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.”
Did You Know?
Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.
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