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English
Noun
Mogul (plural Moguls)
- Alternative spelling of Moghul
- (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
Mogul
- A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English mogul. Doublet of Mongole.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moˈɡuːl/, /ˈmoːɡʊl/
Noun
Mogul m (mixed or strong, genitive Moguls, plural Moguln or Mogule)
- mogul (rich or powerful person)
- Synonyms: Magnat, Tycoon
2015 October 22, Heike Buchter, “Unzensierter Krawall”, in Die Zeit: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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Mogul” in Duden online
- “Mogul” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache