Magnate
Person (usually a man) in a position of high wealth, power, or nobility / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"Magnat" redirects here. For a wealthy or powerful business baron or executive, see Business magnate. For other uses, see Magnat (disambiguation).
The term magnate, from the late Latin magnas, a great man, itself from Latin magnus, "great", means a man from the higher nobility, a man who belongs to the high office-holders or a man in a high social position, by birth, wealth or other qualities in Western Christian countries since the medieval period. It also includes the members of the higher clergy, such as bishops, archbishops and cardinals. In reference to the medieval, the term is often used to distinguish higher territorial landowners and warlords, such as counts, earls, dukes, and territorial-princes from the baronage, and in Poland for the richest szlachta.
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