Mogul

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See also: mogul, mögül, and moʻgʻul

English

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Noun

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Mogul (plural Moguls)

  1. Alternative spelling of Moghul
  2. (rail transport) A steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.
    • 1951 January, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Essex and Hertfordshire”, in Railway Magazine, pages 44, 46:
      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

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Mogul

  1. A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English mogul. Doublet of Mongole.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /moˈɡuːl/, /ˈmoːɡʊl/
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Noun

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Mogul m (mixed or strong, genitive Moguls, plural Moguln or Mogule)

  1. mogul (rich or powerful person)
    Synonyms: Magnat, Tycoon
    • 2015 October 22, Heike Buchter, “Unzensierter Krawall”, in Die Zeit[1]:
      Trump drohte sogar mit einem Fox-Boykott. Das brachte Ailes nicht etwa dazu, von Trump eine Entschuldigung zu verlangen, sondern stattdessen persönlich bei dem New Yorker Mogul anzurufen und sich mit ihm zu versöhnen.
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Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Mogul” in Duden online
  • Mogul” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache