Moghul

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moghul \Mo*ghul"\, n.
     an alternate from of {mogul}.
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.]
     1. A person of the Mongolian race.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Specifically: Any of the Mongolian peoples who conquered
        parts of India and established an empire lasting from 1526
        to 1857. Also, any of their descendents.
        [PJC]
  
     3. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having
        three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled
        truck.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A great personage; magnate; autocrat; as, an industrial
        mogul.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     {Great Mogul}, or {Grand Mogul}, the sovereign of the empire
        founded in Hindustan by the Mongols under Baber in the
        sixteenth century. Hence, a very important personage; a
        lord; -- sometimes only {mogul} or {Moghul}. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster] Moghul

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Moghul \Mo*ghul"\, Mogul \Mo*gul"\, prop. a. [See {Mogul}, n..]
     Of or pertaining to the Moguls[2]; as, The Taj Mahal, the
     most beautiful piece of Mogul architecture, was built by the
     Mogul emperor Shah Jehan as a mausoleum for his favorite
     wife.
     [PJC] Moghul empire

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Moghul
       n : a member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857
           [syn: {Mogul}]