Mughal
[moo-guh l]
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Mogul
[moh-guh l, -guhl, moh-guhl]
- any of the Mongol conquerors of India who established an empire that lasted from 1526 to 1857, but held only nominal power after 1803.See also Great Mogul.
- any of their descendants.
- (lowercase) an important, powerful, or influential person: a mogul of the movie industry.
- a Mongol or Mongolian.
- Railroads. a steam locomotive having a two-wheeled front truck, six driving wheels, and no rear truck.
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- of or relating to the Moguls or their empire.
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Also Mo·ghul, Mu·ghal (for defs 1, 2, 6).
Origin of Mogul
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Examples from the Web for mughal
Contemporary Examples
The guidebooks tell one story of Delhi: the beautiful Mughal gardens and the city snapped from a rickshaw.
Historical Examples
Some of the kos mnrs on the old Mughal roads were over 30ft.
The Bbur-nma in EnglishBabur, Emperor of Hindustan
Kngra did not fall to the Mughal till the reign of the son of Akbar.
Rulers of India: AkbarGeorge Bruce Malleson
Another body of Mughal troops took them simultaneously in flank.
Rulers of India: AkbarGeorge Bruce Malleson
India disappeared, apparently for ever, from the grasp of the Mughal.
Rulers of India: AkbarGeorge Bruce Malleson
Thus peacefully departed the real founder of the Mughal empire.
Rulers of India: AkbarGeorge Bruce Malleson
Mughal
- a variant spelling of Mogul
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mogul1
- an important or powerful person
- a type of steam locomotive with a wheel arrangement of two leading wheels, six driving wheels, and no trailing wheels
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Word Origin
C18: from Mogul
mogul2
- a mound of hard snow on a ski slope
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Word Origin
C20: perhaps from South German dialect Mugl
Mogul
- a member of the Muslim dynasty of Indian emperors established by Baber in 1526See Great Mogul
- a Muslim Indian, Mongol, or Mongolian
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- of or relating to the Moguls or their empire
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Word Origin
C16: from Persian mughul Mongol
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Word Origin and History for mughal
Mughal
variant transliteration of mogul (n.1).
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mogul
n.1
"powerful person," 1670s, from Great Mogul, Mongol emperor of India after the conquest of 1520s, from Persian and Arabic mughal, mughul, alteration of Mongol (q.v.), the Asiatic people.
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mogul
n.2
"elevation on a ski slope," 1961, probably [Barnhart] from Scandinavian (cf. dialectal Norwegian mugje, fem. muga, "a heap, a mound"), or [OED] from southern German dialect mugel in the same sense.
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