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
Ever since I was a child, I had read about the Great Mogul, until there was a magic in the very word.
From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
Men who write carefully enough about other diamonds, launch out into the wildest conjectures about the Great Mogul.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
This defect was not apparent in the Great Mogul which was, he distinctly says, perfect, of good water and of good form, having but one little flaw on the lowest edge.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
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