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
It was Captain Best who secured a regular firman for trade from the Great Mogul.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various
To capture the treasure-ship of the Great Mogul under such circumstances would have turned the head of any ordinary pirate who had weakened his mind by reading works tinged with romanticism.
From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord
You are like the white elephant for which the King of Persia and the Great Mogul make war; and the possession of which forms one of their titles.
From Voltaire: A Sketch of his Life and Works by Foote, G. W. (George William)
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