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MOGUL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mogul mean? 

MOGUL (noun)
  The noun MOGUL has 3 senses:

1. a bump on a ski slopeplay

2. a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857play

3. a very wealthy or powerful businessmanplay

  Familiarity information: MOGUL used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


MOGUL (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A bump on a ski slope

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("mogul" is a kind of...):

bulge; bump; excrescence; extrusion; gibbosity; gibbousness; hump; jut; prominence; protrusion; protuberance; swelling (something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings)


Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Moghul; Mogul

Hypernyms ("Mogul" is a kind of...):

ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A very wealthy or powerful businessman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

baron; big businessman; business leader; king; magnate; mogul; power; top executive; tycoon

Context example:

an oil baron

Hypernyms ("mogul" is a kind of...):

businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mogul"):

oil tycoon (a powerful person in the oil business)


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