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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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
Akbar, a contemporary of Shakespeare, ruled as a Moslem-invader emperor, was India's first Great Mogul.
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
But still the phantom of the old Empire lived, and there was an Indian Rajah, who bore the sounding name of the Great Mogul.
From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)
Yet this weight exceeds by more than double the weight, in the rough, of the next largest diamond known to history, namely, the Great Mogul.
From Stories about Famous Precious Stones by Orpen, Mrs Goddard
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