MOGUL

baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, mogul, power, top executive, tycoon

(noun) a very wealthy or powerful businessman; “an oil baron”

Mogul, Moghul

(noun) a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857

mogul

(noun) a bump on a ski slope

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Mogul

Alternative spelling of Moghul

A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

Etymology 1

Noun

mogul (plural moguls)

A rich or powerful person; a magnate.

Synonyms: magnate, tycoon, captain of industry

Etymology 2

Noun

mogul (plural moguls)

(skiing) A hump or bump on a skiing piste.

A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.

A machine that forms shaped candies from syrups or gels.

Source: Wiktionary


Mo*gul", n. Etym: [From the Mongolian.]

1. A person of the Mongolian race.

2. (Railroad)

Definition: A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck. Great, or Grand, Mogul, the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a lord; -- sometimes only mogul. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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