mogul

Meaning

Noun

A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.

Verb

To ski over a course of humps or bumps.

Synonyms

magnate

tycoon

big businessman

baron

king

👑

Mongolian

🇲🇳

business leader

top executive

captain of industry

power

Moghul

Mogul

very influential person

Mongol

czar

despot

dictator

godfather

hillock

hump

personage

tyrant

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈməʊɡ(ə)l/

Etymology

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.