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Definition of Tycoon
1. Noun. A very wealthy or powerful businessman. "An oil baron"
Generic synonyms: Businessman, Man Of Affairs
Specialized synonyms: Oil Tycoon
Definition of Tycoon
1. n. The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.
Definition of Tycoon
1. Noun. A wealthy and powerful business person. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tycoon
1. a wealthy and powerful business person [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tycoon
| twynne twyr txalaparta txs txt txtspk txtspks tyan tyan-a-bumfit tybamate | tychism tychisms tychite tychonic tycoon (current term) tycoons tyde tydy tyed tyee | tyees tyeing tyek tyeken tyekin tyeks tyer tyers |
Literary usage of Tycoon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"To the general body of officials at Yedo, who were only too conscious that the
tycoon was undertaking the impossible, it seemed that the impatience of the ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"If the complainants can claim a trade-mark for the combination of a diamond and
the words " The tycoon Tea " inclosed in it. as described in their ..."
3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"From tho outset the tycoon manifested his comprehension of the national* movement
... Tho resignation of the tycoon was at "№; drawn up, almost in identical ..."
4. Young Japan: Yokohama and Yedo by John R Black (1881)
"INTENTION OF THE tycoon TO ESTABLISH LEGATIONS AT FOREIGN COURTS. IN September
1866, rumours, which had reached us for some days, of the death of the young ..."
5. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"From tho outset the tycoon manifested his comprehension of the national movement,
and showed an intelligent and unselfish attachment for the general ..."
6. Sir Harry Parkes in China by Stanley Lane-Poole (1901)
"The Treaties of the United States and of European Powers had been made with the
Shogun or tycoon, the most powerful of the nobles, overlord indeed of all ..."
7. Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay Whitney (1907)
"Reply to the tycoon of Japan on Opening of Treaty Ports. AUGUST i, 1861. To His
Majesty the tycoon of Japan. Great and good Friend : I have received the ..."
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