Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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