Etymology

magnate

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Today it means: Powerful industrialist; captain of industry. Full definition →

Late Latin magnātēs
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  1. Late Latin · derived frommagnātēs
  2. English todaymagnate

Borrowed into late Middle English from Late Latin magnātēs, plural of magnās, from magnus (“great”), mid 15th c.

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