mogul

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.

   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.

2. 2
   noun

   A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.

   a Silicon Valley tech mogul

3. 3
   noun

   A hump or bump on a skiing piste.

   On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

4. 4
   noun

   a very wealthy or powerful businessman

5. 5
   noun

   a bump on a ski slope

6. 6
   noun

   Alternative spelling of Moghul.

7. 7
   name

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

8. 8
   noun

   A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.

Etymology

Figurative use of Moghul, which originally meant Mongol, or person of Mongolian descent. In this context, it refers to the Mughal Empire (Mughal being Persian or Arabic for "Mongol") of the Indian subcontinent that existed between 1526 and 1857: the early Mughal emperors claimed a heritage dating back to the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan. The modern meaning of the word is supposedly derived from the storied riches of the Mughal emperors, which, for example, produced the Taj Mahal.