Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A Mongol or Mongolian; specifically, in history, one of the followers of Baber, conqueror of Hindustan in the sixteenth century.
- noun A name for the best quality of playing-cards.
- noun Hence— Any great personage.
- Of or relating to the Moguls, or the Mongol empire in India: as, the Mogul language; the Mogul dynasty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A person of the Mongolian race.
- noun Any of the Mongolian peoples who conquered parts of India and established an empire lasting from 1526 to 1857. Also, any of their descendents.
- noun (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled truck.
- noun A great personage; magnate; autocrat.
- noun the sovereign of the empire founded in Hindustan by the Mongols under Baber in the sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a lord; -- sometimes only
mogul orMoghul .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
rich orpowerful person; amagnate - noun a
hump orbump on askiing piste
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
- noun a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
- noun a bump on a ski slope
Etymologies
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Examples
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As a label mogul who tried to help it break out nationally, why do you think it's never happened?
Be specific: Island Records founder Chris Blackwell on why go-go never went national Chris Richards 2010
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Welcome to Australia - land of oligopolies and protected patronage. (we get free to air coverage of AFL football 2007 onwards but only because one media mogul is annoyed at the other re so called anti-competitive behaviour - oh the irony)
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Welcome to Australia - land of oligopolies and protected patronage. (we get free to air coverage of AFL football 2007 onwards but only because one media mogul is annoyed at the other re so called anti-competitive behaviour - oh the irony)
Archive 2006-12-01 Ben Barren 2006
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We need some magnificent role models, some publishers like the Penguin mogul, Allan Lane, whose motivation was notably described as ‘both missionary and mercenary’.
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We need some magnificent role models, some publishers like the Penguin mogul, Allan Lane, whose motivation was notably described as ‘both missionary and mercenary’.
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Meanwhile, Abramoff the movie mogul is a fascinating image.
Film 2010
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The hotel executive makes beds, the restaurant chain mogul washes dishes, and the amusement park CEO fishes poop out of the swimming pool.
Sylvia Martinez: Waiting For Undercover Superman Sylvia Martinez 2010
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The hotel executive makes beds, the restaurant chain mogul washes dishes, and the amusement park CEO fishes poop out of the swimming pool.
Sylvia Martinez: Waiting For Undercover Superman Sylvia Martinez 2010
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And the mogul is telling Hollywood folk there that "the strike is over", according to emails coming fast and furious out of that venue.
STRIKE OVER? 2008
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Did you know Virgin mogul Sir Richard Branson has branched into comic books?
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