Great Mogul
Americannoun
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the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
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(lowercase) an important or distinguished person.
noun
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Akbar, a contemporary of Shakespeare, ruled as a Moslem-invader emperor, was India's first Great Mogul.
From Time Magazine Archive
Reason: India's Great Mogul, tired of English pirates, had threatened to drive out the East India Co. from his domain unless some scapegoats were hanged.
From Time Magazine Archive
Captain Hawkins landed at Surat and travelled overland to Agra, passing some time at the court of the Great Mogul.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
"Well, my friend, what news from the Great Mogul?"
From The Last Words of Distinguished Men and Women (Real and Traditional) by Marvin, Frederic Rowland
Haydn, who had laughingly bestowed on him the title of the "Great Mogul," probably felt that there was no real sympathy, or possibility of such a feeling, between them.
From Beethoven: A Memoir (2nd Ed.) by Graeme, Elliott
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