'Moghul' definitions:
Definition of 'Moghul'
From: WordNet
noun
A member of the Muslim dynasty that ruled India until 1857 [syn: Mogul, Moghul]
Definition of 'Moghul'
From: 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
Definition of 'Moghul'
From: 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