mogul

plural moguls

1. A rich or powerful person; a magnate, nabob.

   a Silicon Valley tech mogul

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   […] Crypto boosterism has a useful bipartisan appeal, garnering popularity among both antigovernment conservatives and socially liberal tech moguls.

   2022 January 25, David Yaffe-Bellany, “The Rise of the Crypto Mayors”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: magnate, tycoon, captain of industry

plural moguls

1. hobbiesA hump or bump on a skiing piste.

   On the same slope, choose a steeper traverse track on a short mogul field that passes over a series of small moguls, and repeat the avalement movements.

   1995, Martin Heckelman, The New Guide to Skiing, page 109

2. A larger-sized (39 mm diameter) screw base used for large, high-power light bulbs, known as mogul (screw) base light bulbs.
3. A machine that forms shaped candies from syrups or gels.

present singular third person moguls · US participle present moguling · UK participle present mogulling · US participle past moguled · US past moguled · UK participle past mogulled · UK past mogulled

1. hobbiesTo ski over a course of humps or bumps.

plural Moguls

1. alternativeAlternative spelling of Moghul.
2. rail transportA steam locomotive of the 2-6-0 wheel arrangement.

   On that August Thursday afternoon, there was little freight traffic; a large "K3" Mogul went down with a short, fast goods, and a W.D. 2-8-0 proceeded northward light. […] We saw a few Gresley Moguls on goods, as a limited amount of freight traffic was sandwiched in even on this busy day.

   1951 January, R. A. H. Weight, “A Railway Recorder in Essex and Hertfordshire”, in Railway Magazine, pages 44, 46

1. A census-designated place in Washoe County, Nevada, United States.