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mogul

[moh-guhl]

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noun

a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.

Origin:
1960–65; < dialectal German; compare Austrian dialect Mugel small hill

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mo·guled, adjective

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noun

any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. Compare Great Mogul.

any of their descendants.

(lowercase) an important, powerful, or influential person: a mogul of the movie industry.

a Mongol or Mongolian.

Railroads. a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.

adjective

of or pertaining to the Moguls or their empire.

Also, Moghul, Mughal (for defs. 1, 2, 6).

Origin:
1580–90; < Persian mughul Mongol

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mogul¹ (ˈməʊɡʌl, məʊˈɡʌl)

—n
1.	an important or powerful person
2.	a type of steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six driving wheels, and no trailing wheels

[C18: from Mogul]

mogul² (ˈməʊɡ^əl)

—n
	a mound of hard snow on a ski slope

[C20: perhaps from South German dialect Mugl]

Mogul (ˈməʊɡʌl, məʊˈɡʌl)

—n
1.	See Great Mogul a member of the Muslim dynasty of Indian emperors established by Baber in 1526
2.	a Muslim Indian, Mongol, or Mongolian

—*adj*
3.	of or relating to the Moguls or their empire

[C16: from Persian mughul Mongol]

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Word Origin & History

mogul

"powerful person," 1678, from Great Mogul, Mongol emperor of India after the conquest of 1526, from Pers. and Arabic mughal, mughul, alt. of Mongol (q.v.), the Asiatic people.

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mogul

"elevation on a ski slope," 1961, probably from Scand. (cf. dial. Norw. mugje, fem. muga, "a heap, a mound"), or from southern Ger. dial. mugel in the same sense.

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