: a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area
a railroad magnate
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a studio magnate who had the biggest stars in Hollywood at his beck and call
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Peter Cushing returns as Van Helsing to do battle one last time with Lee, disguised here as an eccentric real estate magnate.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Though the then-real estate magnate envisioned selling 50 limos, only a handful were ever manufactured.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
He was headed uptown for an exclusive fund-raising dinner, at the Fifth Avenue apartment of the Florida sugar magnate José (Pepe) Fanjul.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
That film shows the lessons an aspiring real estate magnate learned after being taken under the wing of the reptilian lawyer who was once the right-hand man for Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the sensationalized communist witch hunt.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Though the then-real estate magnate envisioned selling 50 limos, only a handful were ever manufactured.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 24 Oct. 2024
He was headed uptown for an exclusive fund-raising dinner, at the Fifth Avenue apartment of the Florida sugar magnate José (Pepe) Fanjul.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2024
That film shows the lessons an aspiring real estate magnate learned after being taken under the wing of the reptilian lawyer who was once the right-hand man for Sen. Joseph McCarthy in the sensationalized communist witch hunt.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2024
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“Magnate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/magnate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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magnate
noun
mag·nate
ˈmag-ˌnāt 
-nət
: a person of rank, power, or influence (as in an industry)
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