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Started by Bābur, a descendant of Genghis Khan, the Muslim Mogul dynasty ruled much of India from the early 16th century to the mid-18th century. The Moguls (whose name is also spelled Moghul or Mughal) were known for their talented and powerful rulers, called "Great Moguls"; English speakers borrowed the word for other powerful persons, as in today's familiar references to "media moguls." Skiers might wonder if such power moguls have anything to do with the name they use for a bump in a ski run, but that hilly homonym is of Germanic origin and has nothing to do with Asian Mogul dynasties.
Examples of mogul in a Sentence
Todd Spangler, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
Combs settled with Ventura for an undisclosed sum within 24 hours, but her 35-page complaint, now the heart of the music mogul’s criminal prosecution, opened the floodgates.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
But though the home’s master bedroom was ransacked, the assailants never took the hair mogul’s valuable watch on his wrist, piquing the interest of detectives, said then-Robbery Homicide Division Capt. Billy Hayes.
—Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2024
The fight between Ray J and Diddy’s boys was prompted by the music veteran’s recent critical assessment of the disgraced mogul.
—Marc Griffin, VIBE.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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“Mogul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mogul. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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mogul
1 of 2 noun
mogul
2 of 2 noun
Noun
Persian Mughul "mogul," from Mongolian mongγol "Mongol"
Noun
from German dialect
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