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Mogul¹
Rhymes with -əʊɡəl
noun Moguls
- Alternative spelling of Moghul
- A steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement. On that August Thursday afternoon, there was little freight traffic; a large "K3" Mogul went down with a short, fast goods, and a W.D. 2-8-0 proceeded northward light. […] We saw a few Gresley Moguls on goods, as a limited amount of freight traffic was sandwiched in even on this busy day.
proper noun
- A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
mogul²
- /ˈməʊɡəl/ UK
- /ˈmoʊɡəl/ US
- /məˈɡʌl/ obsolete
Rhymes with -əʊɡəl
Where it comes from
Figurative use of Moghul, which originally meant Mongol, or person of Mongolian descent. In this context, it refers to the Mughal Empire (Mughal being Persian or Arabic for "Mongol") of the Indian subcontinent that existed between 1526 and 1857: the early Mughal emperors claimed a heritage dating back to the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan. The modern meaning of the word is supposedly derived from the storied riches of the Mughal emperors, which, for example, produced the Taj Mahal.
noun moguls
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A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.
a Silicon Valley tech mogul
Similar: magnate, tycoon, captain of industry
mogul³
- /ˈməʊɡəl/ UK
- /ˈmoʊɡəl/ US
- /məˈɡʌl/ obsolete
Rhymes with -əʊɡəl
Where it comes from
From dialectal German Mugel or from dialectal Norwegian mugje (“heap, mound”).
noun moguls
- A hump or bump on a skiing piste. On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.
- A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.
- A machine that forms shaped candies from syrups or gels.
verb moguls · moguling · mogulling · moguled · mogulled
- To ski over a course of humps or bumps.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: moghul, king, baron, tycoon, magnate, power, big businessman, business leader, top executive, mongolian, mongolia, millionaire, bellwether, titan, pole, giant
Translations
Talk about this word "mogul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mogul. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mogul. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mogul "mogul." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mogul.Cite this
@misc{mogul_2026,
title = {mogul},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mogul},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
