Moguls - English meaning

noun

A member of the lowest order of the british nobility. baron is not used as a form of address, barons usually being referred to as ‘lord’.

Usage examples:

Dukes, duchesses, and barons made up the nobility, while the gentry consisted of knights and lords.

noun

A person who is extremely powerful in a particular area of business

Usage examples:

A media/press/newspaper baron, an oil baron, a drugs baron

noun

A hardy variety of barley grown mainly in northern england and scotland.

noun

An important person, especially in a particular sphere.

Usage examples:

Music industry bigwigs

noun

An important or powerful person

Usage examples:

The network television bigwigs loved the show.

noun

The person in command of a ship.

Usage examples:

He found a vessel whose captain was prepared to sign him on

verb

Be the captain of (a ship, aircraft, or sports team).

Usage examples:

All the boats are captained by professional sailors

noun

A naval officer of high rank, above a commander, or a military officer of middle rank, above a lieutenant

Usage examples:

She captains the women’s rowing team.

noun

A spanish or portuguese nobleman of the highest rank.

Usage examples:

The atmospheric spot is decorated like a spanish grandee's mansion.

noun

An important person, especially in a particular job or area of public life

noun

The male ruler of an independent state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth.

Usage examples:

King henry viii

verb

Make (someone) king.

Usage examples:

For history lovers, richard the second was dethroned by bolingbroke, who was kinged henry the fourth.

noun

The british national anthem.

noun

A man of noble rank or high office; a nobleman.

Usage examples:

Lords and ladies were entertained here

exclamation

Used in exclamations expressing surprise or worry, or for emphasis.

Usage examples:

Lord, i'm cold!

verb

Act in a superior and domineering manner towards (someone).

Usage examples:

When we were at school, you used to lord it over us

noun

A wealthy and influential businessman or businesswoman.

Usage examples:

A property magnate

noun

A person who is very successful, powerful, and rich, esp. in a particular business

Usage examples:

A real estate/media magnate

noun

Someone who has become very rich and successful in business or industry, especially someone who owns a large organization that they started themselves

Usage examples:

A newspaper/oil/shipping/steel, etc. magnate jacqueline kennedy married the greek shipping magnate,…

noun

The standard literary and official form of chinese, spoken by over 730 million people.

Usage examples:

After the fall of the manchu dynasty in 1911, in place of classical chinese, the new republican gov…

noun

A small flattish citrus fruit with a loose yellow-orange skin.

Usage examples:

Tangerines are actually a type of mandarin orange as are clementines, but here in the us, the names…

noun

A small, sweet type of orange that has a thinner, looser skin

Usage examples:

Peel and segment two mandarins and set aside., i've also had this salad with mandarin orange slices…

noun

A muslim official or governor under the mogul empire.

noun

A rich or powerful person

noun

The fact or quality of being notable.

Usage examples:

The village enjoys a notability out of all relation to its size

noun

The state of being important and deserving attention, because of being very good or interesting

Usage examples:

A restaurant has to have sufficient notability to be included in the guidebook., it was a burning d…

adjective

Worthy of attention or notice; remarkable.

Usage examples:

The gardens are notable for their collection of magnolias and camellias

noun

A famous or important person.

Usage examples:

Businessmen and local notables

adjective

Important and deserving attention

Usage examples:

She worked with many notable musicians., other sports have had work stoppages, most notably baseball.

noun

A person (used to express importance or elevated status).

Usage examples:

It was no less a personage than the bishop

noun

A wealthy, powerful person in business or industry.

Usage examples:

A newspaper tycoon

noun

A person who has achieved great success in business and is very wealthy and powerful

noun

A very successful business person who is rich and powerful

Usage examples:

A business/media/property tycoon, an oil/a shipping tycoon

noun

A very important person.

Usage examples:

A party for 400 vips from the world of sport and showbiz

abbreviation

Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (or peptide), a substance which acts as a neurotransmitter, especially in the brain and gastrointestinal tract.