Mogul

See also: mogul, mögül, and moʻgʻul

English

Noun

Mogul (plural Moguls)

1. Alternative spelling of Moghul
2. (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

1. A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English mogul. Doublet of Mongole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈɡuːl/, /ˈmoːɡʊl/

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Noun

Mogul m (mixed or strong, genitive Moguls, plural Moguln or Mogule)

1. mogul (rich or powerful person)

   Synonyms: Magnat, Tycoon

   • 2015 October 22, Heike Buchter, “Unzensierter Krawall”, in Die Zeit‎^[1]:

     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.

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Declension

Declension of Mogul [masculine, mixed // strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Mogul	die	Moguln, Mogule
genitive	eines	des	Moguls	der	Moguln, Mogule
dative	einem	dem	Mogul	den	Moguln, Mogulen
accusative	einen	den	Mogul	die	Moguln, Mogule

Derived terms

• Finanzmogul
• Medienmogul

Further reading

• “Mogul” in Duden online
• “Mogul” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache