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Magnat
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magnat magnát magnât
German
Etymology
de la-lat magnātus, derived from la magnus great. The historic senses are influenced by de pl magnat, de hu mágnás, both from the same Latin word.
Pronunciation
de /maˈɡnaːt/ [maˈɡnaːt] seldom also [maŋˈnaːt-] [mak-] [maχ-]
de De-Magnat.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m.weak in
de finance magnate
a powerful industrialist, tycoon
de by extension a very rich person, a moneybag
de history high-ranking nobleman
a member of the House of Magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary
a member of the magnate (aristocratic nobility) social class of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
Declension
m.weak