magnate
Definitions of magnate
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a very wealthy or powerful businessmansynonyms: milliardaire, millionnaire, multimilliardaire, multimillionnaire, richetype of:homme d'affairesa person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
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