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mogul1
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noun
1 informal An important or powerful person, especially in the film or media industry.
- ‘the Hollywood movie mogul, Sam Goldwyn’
- ‘Perhaps it seemed routine for one of the world's most powerful media moguls to take a leadership post at one of the most influential think tanks in Washington.’
- ‘Why are you down on all these big, powerful media moguls?’
- ‘The organisers, three of New York's most powerful media moguls, were avoiding the obvious comparison.’
- ‘Those attending range from software bosses, heads of government, business moguls, and even film stars and other celebrities.’
- ‘Still and again, the days of huddling around the TV to receive a daily dose of mediated culture from the analog media moguls are numbered.’
- ‘For while the record industry moguls have managed a small victory in the battle against ‘file sharing’, this is a war that cannot be won.’
- ‘Hip hop artists have now morphed into businessmen and media moguls.’
- ‘Maybe this is to please their bosses; media moguls and their henchmen.’
- ‘And it was not just the industrialists, bankers and media moguls who benefited.’
- ‘When you read memoirs written by politicians, media stars, business moguls or sporting heroes, you know that you are being told only what the writer wants you to hear.’
- ‘For a growing army of people - the players, the impresarios, the media moguls and, yes, the fans - it is much more important than that.’
- ‘Millions of dollars are raised from developers, financial institutions, media moguls and a bevy of corporate heavy weights.’
- ‘It takes on corrupt media moguls, bloodthirsty generals and self-serving politicians, as well as an uncaring public.’
- ‘Here the night will be boogied away by an A-list celebrity smorgasbord of movie stars, moguls, sports personalities and billionaires.’
- ‘Is there an industry mogul out there who can control him?’
- ‘A short film shot in Sligo will be screened for movie moguls from all over the world in Los Angeles later this month.’
- ‘Where else would you find the top moguls in the media?’
- ‘The 9.9% stake held by the media mogul could be a stumbling block to any offer for the club as the shares were acquired at the top of the market.’
- ‘The choices initially appear strange - a legendary player alongside a media mogul - but both men revolutionised the sport.’
- ‘Thus the free flow of information falls victim to the commercial priorities of a media mogul.’
magnate, tycoon, VIP, notable, notability, personage, baron, captain, king, lord, grandee, mandarin, nabobView synonyms2MogulA steam locomotive of 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.
- ‘This stripped Mogul in the erecting shop is former SP No. 1771, a favorite of mine since childhood.’
Origin
Mid 17th century figurative uses of Mogul.
mogul2
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A bump on a ski slope formed by skiers turning.
as modifier ‘a mogul field’- ‘This will teach your body to react to variable surfaces such as a mogul field on a ski run.’
- ‘This cat track then empties out into another run that has lots of moguls (bumps or mounds of hard snow on a ski slope) and they were big ones!’
- ‘Crashing through gates and bouncing over moguls, competitive skiers pound their knees mercilessly.’
- ‘Improved balance keeps skiers tackling moguls and soccer players kicking forcefully.’
- ‘Downhill skiing, especially on moguls, is to be avoided.’
- ‘That, and that there was more to skiing than hammering moguls - that skiing had a technical side, and mileage was key.’
- ‘Remember that Olympic mogul skiers have the chance to ski year round and have been doing so for years!’
- ‘Whenever I made that correction I felt like I was lightly skimming over the mogul field.’
- ‘She became the first Japanese woman to win a gold medal in the winter Olympics when she took the women's moguls event in freestyle skiing.’
- ‘It starts with a steepish mogul field which, once conquered, boosts the confidence.’
- ‘The condition of the pistes was exemplary, and once again there was the full range from motorway-like slopes for easy riding to treacherous mogul fields.’
- ‘You can't help but get excited watching these guys fly through the air on a snowboard, jumping over moguls on a snow machine, or doing flips on a motorcycle.’
- ‘Sunshine reflected off huge drifts, soft moguls and bumpy pistes.’
- ‘But because skiers have always dominated the bumps, we've also included what we think is the coolest mogul ski on the hill.’
- ‘Squats and lunges will help absorb and support the impact on the lower body used when skiing moguls and humps.’
- ‘Powder hounds won't be disappointed either as there are excellent off-piste skiing and mogul runs, but it's wise to ask for a guide if you take the uncharted option.’
- ‘Since then his life couldn't have been any more bumpy or gruelling had he set off down a mogul run on a tea tray.’
- ‘We shot down, hit a series of moguls, then lifted off.’
- ‘So you've gone down enough moguls to last you a lifetime, and it's time to sit indoors, warm up in front of the fire and attract the ski bunnies at the chalet.’
Origin
1950s probably from southern German dialect Mugel, Mockel, from Mocke ‘lump’, apparently iinfluenced by Mogul.
Mogul3
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noun
(also Moghul)
1A member of the Muslim dynasty of Mongol origin founded by the successors of Tamerlane, which ruled much of India from the 16th to the 19th century.
as modifier ‘Mogul architecture’- ‘The Mughals were Muslims who ruled a country with a large Hindu majority.’
- ‘The Mughals of India were mighty rulers, for three centuries, especially in their golden days for six generations, from’
- ‘The Taj Mahal is the most beautiful monument built by the Mughals, the Muslim rulers of India.’
- ‘The Mughals are descendants of the greatest Muslim rulers of India, the Mughals and occupy third place.’
- ‘Yes, I am a successor of the great Mughals, but that does not make any difference to me.’
- ‘Secondly the sultans put into place a system of administration - revenue collection, taxes and minting - that would serve as the base for their successors the Mughals.’
- ‘The Moors took the Persian garden to Spain (the Alhambra), the Mughals took it to India (the Taj Mahal).’
- ‘We have been ruled by the Mughals, the Sikhs and the Dogras.’
- ‘The Muslim Mughals were always fearful of their Hindu subjects and could not rely on them to fight against European rivals, notably the British.’
- ‘The Mughals, who also ruled in Kabul, needed the pass and under Akbar ‘the Great’ a road was built.’
- ‘Then followed the long rule of the Sultanate, the Mughals and then their decline.’
- ‘Delicacies such as kebabs and curries that were introduced to royal courts by the Moghuls have now been woven into the local cuisine.’
- ‘Perhaps the greatest of the Mughals was Akbar, who reigned from 1556 to 1605 and was able, through tolerance and generosity, to win over his Hindu subjects.’
- ‘Since the decline of the Gupta dynasty to the age of the Mughals, there was no central political authority through most of India.’
- ‘So, in India you first had the Rajas, then the Mughals came and finally the British.’
- ‘The Mughal emperor Akbar in 1587 won Kashmir and then it remained with Mughals till 1752, when Afghans won it.’
- ‘Most supported the British and Mughals merely to keep themselves enthroned.’
- ‘There were many contenders for the place vacated by the Mughals, but it was the British who ultimately emerged successful.’
- ‘In 1739, when Nadir Shah of Persia invaded India and captured Delhi, he got it from the Moghuls, and took with him to Persia.’
- ‘The Mughals had vanquished the Hindu rulers who had flourished since the time of the Yadavas.’
- 1.1 historical The Mogul emperor of Delhi.‘Gowing asked: ‘Are you a believer in the Great Mogul? ‘and then stood up.’’
- ‘The representations of Jahangir, the Great Mogul, by English travellers, merchants, and diplomats who visited and resided in India in the early seventeenth century largely perpetuate this binary.’
- ‘A letter of his from the court of the Great Mogul is printed by Purchas, and this and another letter from the East are included in the compilation.’
Origin
From Persian muġul ‘Mongol’.
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