From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.]
1. A person of the Mongolian race.
[1913 Webster]
2. Specifically: Any of the Mongolian peoples who conquered
parts of India and established an empire lasting from 1526
to 1857. Also, any of their descendents.
[PJC]
3. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having
three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled
truck.
[1913 Webster]
4. A great personage; magnate; autocrat; as, an industrial
mogul.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
{Great Mogul}, or {Grand Mogul}, the sovereign of the empire
founded in Hindustan by the Mongols under Baber in the
sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a
lord; -- sometimes only {mogul} or {Moghul}. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster] Moghul
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Moghul \Mo*ghul"\, Mogul \Mo*gul"\, prop. a. [See {Mogul}, n..]
Of or pertaining to the Moguls[2]; as, The Taj Mahal, the
most beautiful piece of Mogul architecture, was built by the
Mogul emperor Shah Jehan as a mausoleum for his favorite
wife.
[PJC] Moghul empire
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
mogul
n 1: a bump on a ski slope
2: a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
[syn: {Mogul}, {Moghul}]
3: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron" [syn:
{baron}, {big businessman}, {business leader}, {king},
{magnate}, {mogul}, {power}, {top executive}, {tycoon}]
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