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mogul

1

[ moh-guhl ]

noun

  1. a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.


Mogul

2

[ moh-guhl, -guhl, moh-guhl ]

noun

  1. any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. Great Mogul.
  2. any of their descendants.
  3. (lowercase) an important, powerful, or influential person:

    a mogul of the movie industry.

  4. a Mongol or Mongolian.
  5. Railroads. a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.

adjective

  1. of or relating to the Moguls or their empire.

Mogul

1

/ məʊˈɡʌl; ˈməʊɡʌl /

noun

  1. a member of the Muslim dynasty of Indian emperors established by Baber in 1526 See Great Mogul
  2. a Muslim Indian, Mongol, or Mongolian
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of or relating to the Moguls or their empire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mogul

2

/ ˈməʊɡʌl; məʊˈɡʌl /

noun

  1. an important or powerful person
  2. a type of steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six driving wheels, and no trailing wheels
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

mogul

3

/ ˈməʊɡəl /

noun

  1. a mound of hard snow on a ski slope
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mogul1

1960–65; < dialectal German; compare Austrian dialect Mugel small hill

Origin of mogul2

First recorded in 1580–90; from Persian mughul Mongol
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Word History and Origins

Origin of mogul1

C16: from Persian mughul Mongol

Origin of mogul2

C18: from Mogul

Origin of mogul3

C20: perhaps from South German dialect Mugl
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Example Sentences

The music mogul did not disclose the reason he was hospitalized.

In a statement, a spokesman for Mack and his brother Bill, also a real estate mogul, said they had “assisted” MorseLife with its vaccination campaign.

Skiers in matching parkas perform choreographed mogul assaults.

When you ski, you want your legs to be able to work separately from your upper body, like when mogul skiers dart their skis around bumps while their torsos calmly float down the fall line.

This aspiring mogul may well be the next Rihanna, given her dream of building a billion-dollar multi-industry global brand.

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The reality TV mogul bared her butt—and everything else, too—for Paper Magazine in a spread that sent Twitter into a tizzy.

After four years, two trials, an adoption, and multiple jury scandals, polo mogul John Goodman was found guilty of manslaughter.

She is a young television mogul, actress, comedy writer, and flowering feminist in the public eye.

A Japanese media mogul and his geisha entertainers—so they can hit as many bars as possible before dawn.

As a result of this book it is now much easier to calibrate the nature, range, and methods of the mogul.

The moon rose on a terrified mob trudging or riding the forty miles of road between Meerut and the Mogul capital.

He remembered how decorous and dignified was the Mogul court when Britain paid honor to an ancient dynasty.

The great mogul, the emperor of China, and the emperor of Japan are always addressed kneeling.

The present Great Mogul has so little taste, that he has had this divan divided into two parts by a very paltry partition wall.

The Mogul keeps elephants for the execution of criminals condemned to death.

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