Moghul

US: (mō′gəl, -gul, mō gul′)

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Mo•ghul  (mō′gəl, -gul, mō gul′), n., adj. 

1. World History Mogul (defs. 1, 2, 6).

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mo•gul /ˈmoʊgəl/   n. [countable]

1. a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.

Mo•gul /ˈmoʊgəl, moʊˈgʌl/   n. [countable]

1. World History a Muslim ruler from a dynasty that dominated N India from the 16th to the early 18th centuries.
2. a powerful or influential person:
   [mogul] a mogul of the movie industry.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mo•gul  (mō′gəl), n. 

1. a bump or mound of hard snow on a ski slope.

• dialect, dialectal German; compare Austrian dialect, dialectal Mugel small hill
• 1960–65

mo′guled, adj. 

Mo•gul  (mō′gəl, -gul, mō gul′), n. 

1. World History any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803. Cf. Great Mogul. 
2. World History any of their descendants.
3. (l.c.) an important, powerful, or influential person:
   a mogul of the movie industry.
4. a Mongol or Mongolian.
5. Rail Transport a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck. See table under Whyte classification. 

adj. 

6. World History of or pertaining to the Moguls or their empire.

Also Moghul, Mughal (for defs. 1, 2, 6).

• Persian mughul Mongol
• 1580–90