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Tycoon
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
Example Sentences
- He later quits the force to begin working for the tycoon as a guard for the.
- But his friends contend that the media tycoon has always been prone to long, rambling sentences and to repeating himself.
- Now it is clear it was a manoeuvre to restyle his tycoon image.
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World English Dictionary
| tycoon (taɪˈkuːn) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a business man of great wealth and power |
| 2. | an archaic name for a shogun |
| [C19: from Japanese taikun, from Chinese ta great + chün ruler] | |
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Word Origin & History
tycoon
1857, title given by foreigners to the shogun of Japan (said to have been used by his supporters when addressing foreigners, as an attempt to convey that the shogun was more important than the emperor), from Jap. taikun "great lord or prince," from Chinese tai "great" + kiun "lord." Transf. meaning "important
EXPANDperson" is attested from 1861, in ref. to U.S. president Abraham Lincoln (in Hay's diary); specific application to "businessman" is post-World War I.
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American Heritage
Cultural Dictionary
tycoon definition
Someone who has made a fortune in business, such as Cornelius Vanderbilt.
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