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Definition of Tycoons
1. tycoon [n] - See also: tycoon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tycoons
twyr txalaparta txs txt txtspk txtspks tyan tyan-a-bumfit tybamate tychism | tychisms tychite tychonic tycoon tycoons (current term) tyde tydy tyed tyee tyees | tyeing tyek tyeken tyekin tyeks tyer tyers tyes |
Literary usage of Tycoons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Japan: Its History, Traditions, and Religions: With the Narrative of a Visit by Edward James Reed (1880)
"... love of literature—The last of the tycoons—A picture painted by him—An eminent
litterateur— Legends of the Night-crying Stone, the Sworded Pheasant, ..."
2. Young Japan: Yokohama and Yedo by John R Black (1880)
"THE tycoons NOT ALL " PUPPETS." THE GOVERNMENT'S APOLOGY TO GREAT BRITAIN.—ASSASSINATION
OF AME-NO-KOJI. IT had been decided that the Shogun should go to ..."
3. The British Arms in North China and Japan: Peking 1860; Kagosima 1862 by David Field Rennie (1864)
"... the inland sea question—Japanese shampooing—Its application to the treatment
of disease — The blind in Japan — Origin of the tycoons. July 26th. ..."
4. The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion by James George Frazer (1900)
"He bequeathed to his descendants the dignity he had won, and thus became the
founder of the line of tycoons. Down to the latter half of the sixteenth ..."