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Noun: magnate  'mag,neyt or mag-nut
  1. A very wealthy or powerful businessperson
    "an oil magnate";
    - baron, business leader, king, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon

Derived forms: magnates

Type of: bourgeois, businessperson

Encyclopedia: Magnate