Definition of Mogul

1. Noun. A bump on a ski slope.


2. Noun. A member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
Exact synonyms: Moghul
Generic synonyms: Ruler, Swayer

3. Noun. A very wealthy or powerful businessman. "An oil baron"
Exact synonyms: Baron, Big Businessman, Business Leader, King, Magnate, Power, Top Executive, Tycoon
Generic synonyms: Businessman, Man Of Affairs
Specialized synonyms: Oil Tycoon

Definition of Mogul

1. n. A person of the Mongolian race.

2. n. A great personage; magnate; autocrat.

Definition of Mogul

1. Proper noun. (alternative spelling of Moghul) ¹

2. Noun. a rich or powerful person; a magnate ¹

3. Noun. a hump or bump on a skiing piste ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Mogul

1. an important person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mogul

mogas
mogdad coffee
moggan
moggans
mogged
moggie
moggies
mogging
moggy
moghuls
mogiarthria
mogigraphia
mogilalia
mogiphonia
mogs
mogul (current term)
mogul skiing
moguldom
moguled
moguls
mogwai
mogwais
moha
moha moha
mohair
mohairs
mohalim
mohawk
mohawked
mohawks

Literary usage of Mogul

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"He resided in the mogul empire twelve years, eight of which he acted as ... He does not, however, confine himself to an account .of the mogul empire; but, ..."

2. Curious Questions in History, Literature, Art, and Social Life: Designed as by Sarah Hutchins Killikelly (1886)
"THE GREAT mogul. The greatest of the mogul emperors of India was Akbar, born Oct. 14, 1542. He began to reign, when he was twelve years old, ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1900)
"In this shipwreck of nations, some surprise may be excited by the escape of the Roman empire, whose relics, at the time of the mogul invasion, ..."

4. The history of India by Mountstuart Elphinstone (1889)
"The fugitives themselves, who appear to have been mogul converts (always the chief actors in scenes of turbulence in those days), were put to death when ..."

5. A New General Biographical Dictionary by Hugh James Rose (1853)
"During the first years of the reign of Arghun, the government was almost entirely administered by the emir Boga, a mogul by birth : an attempt, however, ..."

6. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"The mogul army was dissolved in a vast and populous country; and their emperors adopted with pleasure a political system, which gives to the prince the ..."

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