mid-15c., "great man, noble, man of wealth," from Late Latin magnates, plural of magnas "great person, nobleman," from Latin magnus "great, large, big" (of size), "abundant" (of quantity), "great, considerable" (of value), "strong, powerful" (of force); of persons, "elder, aged," also, figuratively, "great, mighty, grand, important," from PIE *mag-no-, from root *meg- "great" (cognates: Sanskrit maha-, mahat- "great;" Greek megas, fem. megale "great, large;" Gothic mikils, Old English micel "great, big, many;" see mickle).
例文
1. They 've linked her with various men,including magnate Donald Trump.
彼らは彼女を大物ドナルド?トランプを含む異なる男と関連付けた。
2.A multimillionaire media magnate has shocked his employees with his candor by telling them all that he 's putting his business affairs on hold to enter an alcoholism-counseling program.