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。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMagnate is used after these nouns:- media
- newspaper
- oil
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin magnas, magnat- ‘great man’, from Latin magnus ‘great’.