Magnat
German
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Late Latin magnātus, from magnus (“great”).
Noun
editMagnat m (weak, genitive Magnaten, plural Magnaten, feminine Magnatin)
- magnate (powerful industrialist)
Declension
editDeclension of Magnat [masculine, weak]
Etymology 2
editFrom Polish magnat and Hungarian mágnás, both from Late Latin magnātus.
Noun
editMagnat m (weak, genitive Magnaten, plural Magnaten, feminine Magnatin)
- (history) high-ranking nobleman
- a member of the House of Magnates of the Kingdom of Hungary
- a member of the magnate (aristocratic nobility) social class of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth