Mughal

[moo-guh l]

noun, adjective

Mogul

[moh-guh l, -guhl, moh-guhl]

noun

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.

adjective

of or relating to the Moguls or their empire.

Also Mo·ghul, Mu·ghal (for defs 1, 2, 6).

Origin of Mogul

1580–90; < Persian mughul Mongol

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Examples from the Web for mughal

Contemporary Examples of mughal

The guidebooks tell one story of Delhi: the beautiful Mughal gardens and the city snapped from a rickshaw.
Delhi in Crisis: How Corruption Rotted a Great Capital
William O’Connor
May 14, 2014

Historical Examples of mughal

Some of the kos mnrs on the old Mughal roads were over 30ft.
The Bbur-nma in English
Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
Another body of Mughal troops took them simultaneously in flank.
Rulers of India: Akbar
George Bruce Malleson
Kngra did not fall to the Mughal till the reign of the son of Akbar.
Rulers of India: Akbar
George Bruce Malleson
India disappeared, apparently for ever, from the grasp of the Mughal.
Rulers of India: Akbar
George Bruce Malleson
Thus peacefully departed the real founder of the Mughal empire.
Rulers of India: Akbar
George Bruce Malleson

British Dictionary definitions for mughal

Mughal

noun

a variant spelling of Mogul

mogul

noun

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

Word Origin for mogul

C18: from Mogul

mogul

noun

a mound of hard snow on a ski slope

Word Origin for mogul

C20: perhaps from South German dialect Mugl

Mogul

noun

a member of the Muslim dynasty of Indian emperors established by Baber in 1526See Great Mogul

a Muslim Indian, Mongol, or Mongolian

adjective

of or relating to the Moguls or their empire

Word Origin for Mogul

C16: from Persian mughul Mongol

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Word Origin and History for mughal

Mughal

variant transliteration of mogul (n.1).

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.

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.