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MAGNATE (Late Lat. magnas, a great man)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 319 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MAGNATE (Late Lat. magnas, a great man)

MAGNATE (See also:
LATE
Late See also:
LAT
Lat. magnas, a See also:
GREAT
great See also:
MAN
MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)
man) , a See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble, a See also:

man in high position, by See also:

BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, See also:

WEALTH

wealth or other qualities . The See also:

TERM

term is specifically applied to the members of the Upper See also:

House in See also:

Hungary, the Forendihaz or House of Magnates (see HUNGARY) .

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