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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"), so it's no surprise that in English the word mogul came to denote a powerful person, 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 has nothing to do with Asian Mogul dynasties. We picked up the skier's mogul from German dialect, from a word that is probably related to the Viennese mugl, meaning "small hill."
Examples of mogul in a Sentence
Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Apr. 2024
On April 8, the lifestyle mogul and animal lover, 82, announced the death of her pet cat, Empress Tang, in a heartfelt Instagram post.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
The recording industry mogul had denied all of the allegations.
—Cheri Mossburg, CNN, 5 Apr. 2024
In August, the Internet mogul paid $68 million for a 9,259-square-foot, three bedroom, three bathroom place.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
Hylton's video showed three armored vehicles arriving at the hip-hop mogul's residence and at least a dozen heavily armed officers entering the home.
—S. Dev, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2024
Diddy’s music catalog* (see below) has been consistently dropping on radio since Cassie, the mogul’s former girlfriend, filed a lawsuit on Nov. 16, 2023, accusing Combs of years of abuse and one accusation of rape.
—Xander Zellner, Billboard, 1 Apr. 2024
But in a lot of ways … the most important takeaway, whether the person is a authority figure, a music mogul (or) an actor, is that these individuals leave in their wake mothers, fathers, sons and whole families destroyed.
—Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 29 Mar. 2024
Over and over Combs is described in the public sphere as a hip-hop mogul or producer or rapper.
—Robin Givhan, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Mogul.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mogul. Accessed 19 Apr. 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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