Both Uses of
magnate
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- The impression of its actual state, at this distance of a hundred and sixty years, darkens inevitably through the picture which we would fain give of its appearance on the morning when the Puritan magnate bade all the town to be his guests.†
Chpt 1 *
- —how could such a magnate be expected to contract his grandeur within the pitiful compass of seven shingled gables?†
Chpt 13
Definition:
someone who is wealthy and powerful in business