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magnate

noun as in important person, usually in business

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The event was the shared property of Forsythe, 87, an American businessman and auto racing magnate, and Kalkhoven, his Australian-born partner.

All in all, as ‘SNL’ goes, the mega-rich tech magnate made a decent showing, in part because the show went out of its way to ensure him one.

However, there is a twist this time: Trump’s most ardent supporter is electric vehicle magnate Elon Musk.

The social media magnate is dressed to the nines in a sequin jacket patterned like tin ceiling tiles.

From Slate

That’s when a San Diego magnate named John Spreckels opened his “impossible railroad,” running tracks through Jacumba on the boulder-filled hill-and-valley path from San Diego to Yuma.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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