mogul
Other forms: moguls
If you’re the type of person who likes to be in charge, you may have dreams of becoming a mogul — that is, a powerful businessperson.
The word mogul can refer to any powerful person — a studio mogul is a bigwig in the movie business, for example. The Mogul (or Mughal) Dynasty conquered India in the 16th century, and remained in power for hundreds of years. As a result, the word mogul became synonymous with "leader" or "ruler." A mogul is also a bump in a ski slope, but that root word is German.
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a very wealthy or powerful businesspersonsynonyms: baron, big businessman, business leader, king, magnate, power, top executive, tycoontypes:oil tycoona powerful person in the oil businesstype of:businessman, man of affairsa person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
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a bump on a ski slopetype of:bulge, bump, excrescence, extrusion, gibbosity, gibbousness, hump, jut, prominence, protrusion, protuberance, swellingsomething that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings
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