Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Mogul"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.]
1. A person of the Mongolian race.
2. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having
three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled
truck.
{Great}, or {Grand}, {Mogul}, the sovereign of the empire
founded in Hindostan by the Mongols under Baber in the
sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a
lord; -- sometimes only {mogul}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n.
A great personage; magnate; autocrat.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Mogul
n 1: a member of the Moslem dynasty that ruled India until 1857
[syn: {Mogul}, {Moghul}]
2: a very wealthy or powerful businessman: "an oil baron" [syn:
{baron}, {big businessman}, {business leader}, {king}, {magnate},
{power}, {top executive}, {tycoon}]
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