tycoon

[tahy-koon]

noun

1. a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate.

   a business tycoon; a political tycoon.

2. (often initial capital letter),  a title used with reference to the shogun of Japan.

tycoon

/ taɪˈkuːn /

noun

1. a business man of great wealth and power

2. an archaic name for a shogun

tycoon

1. Someone who has made a fortune in business, such as Cornelius Vanderbilt.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tycoon¹

1855–60; < Japanese taikun < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese dà great + jūn prince

Word History and Origins

Origin of tycoon¹

C19: from Japanese taikun, from Chinese ta great + chün ruler

Example Sentences

The assumption is — and remains — that tycoons and geniuses deserve to run rampant.

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US and UK authorities unveiled sanctions this week against Chen Zhi, a British-Cambodian tycoon accused of running cyberscam operations where workers, some trafficked, carry out transnational fraud schemes that have netted billions of dollars.

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Fallen Austrian property tycoon Rene Benko went on trial on Tuesday over alleged fraud, the first charges in a wide-ranging investigation into the insolvency of his former real estate empire.

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Now far enough removed from his mumblecore roots in films like “Kicking and Screaming” and “The Squid and the Whale,” Baumbach is something of a tycoon himself.

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The tycoon, who faces several long-running criminal cases in Moldova, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing and has vowed to prove his innocence.

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