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Moghul \Mo*ghul"\, n. an alternate from of mogul. [PJC]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

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

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
 

 

Moghul

noun

a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857 [syn: Mogul]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0
 

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