mogul.
A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
Meaning & usage
A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
a Silicon Valley tech mogul
Where this word comes from
Figurative 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.
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.
Where this word comes from
From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).
To ski over a course of humps or bumps.
Where this word comes from
From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).
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