mogul
noun/ˈməʊɡl/
/ˈməʊɡl/
- a very rich, important and powerful person synonym magnate
- a movie mogul
- Mogul(also Moghul, Mughal)a member of the Muslim dynasty (= ruling family) that ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century
- a raised area of hard snow that you jump over when you are skiing. Moguls are either formed naturally by skiers turning, or artificially, for use in skiing competitions.
Word Originsense 1 late 17th cent.: figurative use of Mogul (see sense 2).
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