magnate

magnate
n
1. tycoon, big businessman, businessman, enterpriser, financier, entrepreneur; industrialist, captain of industry, baron, Inf. robber baron, Inf. wheeler-dealer; top executive, business leader, director, manager; Sl. honcho, Sl. top dog, Sl.Mr. Big.
2. personage, person of importance, person of influence or consequence, man of distinction or eminence, person to be reckoned with; giant, leading figure, mastodon; power, power elite, Chiefly Brit. notability, leading light, luminary, worthy, pillar of society, dignitary, distinguished person; personality, name, big name, star, super-star, celebrity, person of eminence; elder, elder statesman, panjandrum, sachem; AU Inf. somebody, Very Important Person, V.I.P., big shot, big gun, bigwig, big brass; All Inf. lion, wheel, big wheel, big cheese, big-timer, big-time operator; Sl. top banana, Sl high-muck-a-muck.
3. aristocratic, lord, peer, nobleman, noble, partri-cian.

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