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Definition of Mogul
1. Noun. A bump on a ski slope.
2. Noun. A member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857.
3. Noun. A very wealthy or powerful businessman. "An oil baron"
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
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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