magnate

magnate
magnateship, n.
/mag"nayt, -nit/, n.
1. a person of great influence, importance, or standing in a particular enterprise, field of business, etc.: a railroad magnate.
2. a person of eminence or distinction in any field: literary magnates.
3. a member of the former upper house in either the Polish or Hungarian parliament.
[1400-50; back formation from ME magnates (pl.) < LL magnates leading people, equiv. to L magn(us) MAGN- + -ates, pl. of -as n. suffix]

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