MOGUL


Meaning of MOGUL in English

/ ˈməʊgl; NAmE ˈmoʊgl/ noun

1.

a very rich, important and powerful person

SYN magnate :

a movie mogul

2.

Mogul (also Mo·ghul , Mug·hal /ˈmuːgɑːl/) a member of the Muslim race that ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century

3.

a raised area of hard snow that you jump over when you are skiing

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WORD ORIGIN

sense 1 late 17th cent.: figurative use of Mogul (see sense 2).

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.