"powerful person," 1670s, from Great Mogul, Mongol emperor of India after the conquest of 1520s, from Persian and Arabic mughal, mughul, alteration of Mongol (q.v.), the Asiatic people.
mogul (n.2)
"elevation on a ski slope," 1961, probably [Barnhart] from Scandinavian (compare dialectal Norwegian mugje, fem. muga, "a heap, a mound"), or [OED] from southern German dialect mugel in the same sense.
例文
1. The press mogul befriended the high and mighty in Britain.
この新聞界の大物は英国の高貴な達人たちと親交がある。
2.The football captain was the mogul of the school.
そのサッカーキャプテンは同校の大物だ。
3.I don 't deny that your sister comes the mogul over us,now and then.
私は否定しません。あなたのお姉さんはいつも暴君のように私たちの頭に乗っています。
＜dl>＜dt＞4.Her father Tony Tanaka is a well-known cosmetic mogul in Japan.
もともと彼の父田中東尼は、日本で有名なメイクアップの大物だった。
5.The legs extend for the next mogul in an aligned position.