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magnate

noun
🔊/ˈmæɡneɪt/
🔊/ˈmæɡneɪt/
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  1. a person who is rich, powerful and successful, especially in business权贵；要人；富豪；（尤指）产业大亨
    • a media/property/shipping magnate媒体／房地产／航运业大亨
    • The company was owned by shipping magnate Fred Olsen.这家公司是船王弗雷德•奥尔森所有的。
    Topics Successc2, Businessc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMagnate is used after these nouns:
    • media
    • newspaper
    • oil
    • …
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin magnas, magnat- ‘great man’, from Latin magnus ‘great’.