Magnus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Magnus in British English:
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Word Origin
- Magnus
- Scandinavian masc. proper name, popular with early kings, the first to use it was Magnus I, king of Norway and Denmark (d.1047), who evidently took it in emulation of Charlemagne (Latin Carolus Magnus) under the impression that magnus (Latin, literally "great;" see magnate) was a personal name.
Example
- 1. Have you called magnus ?
- 2. Unreconstructed monetarists ought therefore to agree with mr magnus 's main point : under current circumstances , better to print money and be damned .
- 3. Thus , argues mr magnus , today " there is a quite serious risk that the de-leveraging downturn could run amok : credit contraction causes economic contraction , which causes further write-downs and capital destruction , which leads to more credit contraction and so on " .
- 4. Growing up in england as the son of two archaeologist parents meant that magnus renfrew spent much of his childhood in museums .
- 5. Mr magnus was surely correct to say this points to the need for further monetary easing but wrong , I think , to say that " unreconstructed monetarists will not be persuaded " .