Magnat

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See also: magnat, magnát, and magnât

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Late Latin magnātus, from magnus (great).

Noun

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Magnat m (weak, genitive Magnaten, plural Magnaten, feminine Magnatin)

  1. magnate (powerful industrialist)
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Etymology 2

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From Polish magnat and Hungarian mágnás, both from Late Latin magnātus.

Noun

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Magnat m (weak, genitive Magnaten, plural Magnaten, feminine Magnatin)

  1. (history) high-ranking nobleman
    1. a member of the House of Magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary
    2. a member of the magnate (aristocratic nobility) social class of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
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