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

Mogul \Mo*gul"\, n. [From the Mongolian.]
   1. A person of the Mongolian race.
      
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   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.
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   3. (Railroad) A heavy locomotive for freight traffic, having
      three pairs of connected driving wheels and a two-wheeled
      truck.
      
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   4. A great personage; magnate; autocrat; as, an industrial
      mogul.
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   {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.
      
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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

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