Mogul

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Mogul /ˈməʊg(ə)l/ (also Moghul or Mughal)

▶noun

• 1 a member of the Muslim dynasty of Mongol origin which ruled much of India in the 16th–19th centuries.

  ■ (often the Great Mogul) the Mogul emperor of Delhi.

• 2 (mogul) an important or powerful person.

– origin from Pers. muġul ‘Mongol’.

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mogul /ˈməʊg(ə)l/

▶noun a bump on a ski slope formed by skiers turning.

– origin 1960s: prob. from Ger. dial. Mugel, Mugl.