mogul
A rich or powerful personA rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
» Members of both parties lambasted the real estate mogul for remarks that they assert were racist.
Meaning
4 sensesA rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
a Silicon Valley tech mogul
Mogul
магна́тmagnát
магна́тmahnát
A hump or bump on a skiing piste.
Buckel, Mugel
буго́рbugór
a bump on a ski slope
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.
Examples
2 sentencesMembers of both parties lambasted the real estate mogul for remarks that they assert were racist.
Two Canadian sisters, Chloe Dufour-Lapointe and Justine Dufour-Lapointe, won the gold and silver in the women's freestyle skiing moguls.
Translations
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Origin
Figurative use of Moghul, which originally meant Mongol, or person of Mongolian descent. IFigurative use of Moghul, which originally meant Mongol, or person of Mongolian descent. In this context, it refers to the Mughal Empire (Mughal being Persian or Arabic for "Mongol") of the Indian subcontinent that existed between 1526 and 1857: the early Mughal emperors claimed a heritage dating back to the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan. The modern meaning of the word is supposedly derived from the storied riches of the Mughal emperors, which, for example, produced the Taj Mahal.
From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).
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Forms
plural: mogulsSynonyms
9 synonyms- a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857:Moghul
- a very wealthy or powerful businessperson:baronbusiness leaderkingmagnatepowertop executivetycoon