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tycoon
noun
a businessperson with great wealth or influence
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Why Dictionary.com chose tycoon
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- First recorded in 1855–60.
- From Japanese taikun, meaning “great prince,” a title used for a shogun.
EXAMPLES OF TYCOON
- That waterfront mansion belongs to a shipping tycoon.
- The oil tycoon faced backlash for environmental violations.
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- From Old English (450–1150) glǣm.
- Related to other words meaning “sight” or “light,” such as glimmer, glimpse, and glint.
EXAMPLES OF GLEAM
- The icicles began to gleam as the morning light came.
- The signal fires gleamed from across the river.
leviathan
noun
anything of immense size and power
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- First recorded between 1350–1400.
- From Hebrew liwyāthān, meaning “whale or leviathan;” possibly from a Semitic root that means “something with twists and turns.”
EXAMPLES OF LEVIATHAN
- The furnace room housed a leviathan of pipes, valves, and boilers.
- The corporation had grown into a financial leviathan that shaped global markets.
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