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Moguln.1adj.Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymons: Urdu muġal, muġul. Etymology: Ultimately < Urdu muġal, variant of muġul ( < Persian muġul (in Iran also as muġūl ) < Mongolian mongγol : see Mongol n. and adj.), in early use via forms in other European languages: compare Spanish Mogol (1350; also as †Magol (1350 in an isolated attestation), †Mogoll (1396), †Mogor (1585 in the passage translated in quot. 1588 at sense A. 1aα. ), †Magor (1586)), Portuguese †Mogol (mid 16th cent. as †Mogor ; now Mongol ), Italian Mogol (a1602; 1587 as †Magol in the passage translated in quot. 1588 at sense A. 1aα. ; 1589 as †Mogor ), French Mogol (1633 or earlier; 1623 or earlier as †Mogor ; 1659 as †Mogul in the passage translated in quot. 1662 at sense A. 1bβ. ; now also in form Moghol ), Dutch Mogol (1654; 1596 as †Mogor in the passage translated in quot. 1598 at sense A. 1bα. ), post-classical Latin Mogoli (plural; c1300), Mogolis (genitive singular; early 17th cent.). Compare Arabic muġūl.In α. forms in final -r, probably ultimately after Portuguese. In form Mughal after Urdu muġal. A. n.1 1. The form Mughal is now often preferred in this sense. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > emperor > [noun] > other emperors α. 1577 R. Willes Hist. Trauayle W. & E. Indies in R. Hakluyt (1599) II. ii. 78 We did see in this Citie many Tartars, Mogores, Brames, and Laoynes. 1588 R. Parke tr. J. G. de Mendoza Comm. Notable Thinges in tr. J. G. de Mendoza ii. ii. xxvi. 407 The grand Tartar, or Mogor. 1599 R. Fitch in R. Hakluyt (new ed.) II. i. 254 The people..call him The great Mogor. 1615 E. Howes (new ed.) 945 The great Maghoore whome some corruptly call Mogall. 1642 J. Howell 9 That she may prize his royall favour more Than al the wares fetch'd from the great Mogor. 1880 R. F. Burton tr. L. de Camoens II. x. 384 The Grand Mogor. β. 1588 T. Hickock tr. C. Federici f. 6 Twelue yeares agoe the great Magoll a More king of Agray and Delay..became the gouernour of all..Cambaia.1613 S. Purchas 542 The Mogol or Mogor.1616 T. Coryate 19 I spent in my iourney betwixt Jerusalem & this Moguls court, 15 moneths and odde daies.1634 T. Herbert 29 These Moguls or Emperours of East India.1710 J. Addison No. 5. ⁋4 Turks and Indians, who have no laws above the Will of a Grand Signior or a Mogul.c1796 T. Twining (1894) 92 When I was at Dehli the Great Moghol..allowed me..to have his name and the date of my reception at his Court engraved on some personal ornament.1841 C. Dickens iii. 249 But then he woke out of a dream about picking a lock in the stomach of the Great Mogul.1852 G. Bancroft I. i. 13 The empire of the Great Mogul.1910 I. 431/1 The Mohammedan wazir drove the chief from the city, killed the Great Mogul and set another prince of the family..upon the throne.1993 B. Mukherjee (1994) 162 Captain John Avery and William Kidd, who relished harassing haj-bound pilgrims in order to engage the Grand Mughal.1995 V. Chandra (1996) 260 Years later,..in the dismal palaces of Bahadur Shah II.., Sanjay would see a party of English who had come to look at the last of the Moghuls.the world > people > ethnicities > division of mankind by physical characteristics > Mongol > [noun] the world > people > ethnicities > Mongol peoples of Central Asia > [noun] > person α. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten i. xxvii. 49/1 A Noble Gentleman..draue the Tartarians or Mogoros out of the countrie. 1600 J. Pory in tr. J. Leo Africanus 385 The Zagatai..follow the opinion of the Turkes, as also the Mogores their descendents, who in these our dayes haue enlarged their Empire, betweene mount Caucasus and the Ocean, and between Ganges, and Indus. 1601 R. Johnson tr. G. Botero 116 In Cambaia it selfe, where the Mogors are of such fearefull puissance, liue the Resbuti. β. 1625 S. Purchas I. 267 The Gouernour of Surat and the Gouernours brother of Cambaya, sent a Mogoll vnto me with a present of refreshing.a1640 J. Fletcher et al. Faire Maide of Inne iv. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher (1647) sig. Ggggggg/2 Oh let him have his shirt on, and his Mogols breeches, here are women ith' house.1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. J. Albert de Mandelslo 82 in The Mogul's..who came out of great Tartary, are good Natur'd, mild, discreet, civil [etc.].1777 H. H. Brackenridge v. v. 52 For what we hear of Saracen or Turk, Mogul, or Tartar of Siberia, Is far behind the deed of infamy, And horror mixt, which Britons meditate.1841 M. Elphinstone I. App. ii. 433 There were Scythian irruptions into India before those of the Moguls under Chengíz Khán.1842 W. Miles tr. 317 The besieged Naik..had killed a great many of the Moghuls.1874 L. J. Trotter iii. vii. 160 Driven out of the province he had hoped to reconquer for the Moghals, Abhi Singh..retired into his own country.1886 H. Yule & A. C. Burnell (at cited word) Among the Mahommedans of S. India the Moguls or Mughals constitute a strongly marked caste.1973 IX. 379/1 When the Mughals pushed toward Delhi after occupying the Punjab, Sikandar sent a large army to intercept them.1994 Aug. 33/2 After his father was beheaded by Moguls, he established the Khalsa (pure) order of Sikhs. society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > absolute ruler > [noun] 1653 No. 49. 378 A Declaration of the High and Mighty Muggulls of the Low-Countreys, concerning their joyning with, and aiding the King of Denmarks Navy in the Interest of the King of Scotts. 1655 J. Quarles i. 46 Thou great Mugul of baseness, cease to plead, Thy tongue's a canker, and thy words are lead. 1680 J. Dryden iv. i. 45 I am the Sultan of this place: Mr. Limberham is the Mogol of the next Mansion. 1704 Ld. Godolphin Let. 24 Apr. in H. L. Snyder (1975) I. 284 There is no return yett from the great Mogull [sc. Sir Edward Seymour], so that matter is not yett fixed. 1754 R. Wall in (1932) 15 29 Wen you wil read this scrape, the mogol will bee five or six leagues of going to Granad. 1877 16 Feb. 4/4 John A. Logan is the Head Center, the Hub, the King Pin, the Main Spring, Mogul, and Mugwump of the final plot. 1902 ‘M. Twain’ in 6 Dec. 1824/2 My old friend, the great mogul..the station~master, you know. 1957 10 May 285/2 Rich but decadent, moguls and hangers-on of the film industry. 1966 T. Pynchon i. 9 One Pierce Inverarity, a California real estate mogul. 1973 Nov. 12 Those who have examined the career of Canada's first ‘movie mogul’, have not been able to uncover the final chapters of his life. 1999 Feb. 70/2 That inveterate Australian tabloidist Rupert Murdoch..decided to become a television mogul. the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular types of fruit > [noun] > stone fruit > plum > other types of 1718 29 The great white Mogul makes a fine black Plum. 1731 P. Miller I. at Prunus White Imperial, Bonum Magnum; white Holland or Mogul Plum. 1813 E. Weeton Jrnl. 13 Oct. in (1969) II. 103 My beau..made me a present of 3 mogul plums! 1845 E. Acton xxi. 576 (heading) Preserve of the magnum bonum, or mogul plum. 1860 R. Hogg 252 Red Magnum Bonum (Askew's Purple Egg;..Mogul Rouge;..Red Imperial). 1860 R. Hogg 258 White Magnum Bonum (Askew's Golden Egg;..White Mogul; Yellow Magnum Bonum). 1866 S. E. Todd (rev. ed.) ii. 187 White Magnum Bonum, [also called] Yellow Magnum Bonum, Grosse Luisante, Imperiale Blanche, Egg Plum, White Mogul, White Holland. This fruit is of extraordinary size. society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > cards of specific quality 1781 J. T. Atkyns (ed. 2) 2 500 A motion was made..for an injunction to restrain the defendant from making use of the Great Mogul as a stamp upon his cards.] 1842 16 Apr. 371/2 The best cards are called Moguls. 1853 18 Dec. 332/2 If there be no speck or blemish, the card is laid aside as a Mogul. 1867 71 Moguls, so called from the device on the wrappers used for this particular sort of cards; the device being a fancy sketch or picture of the Great Mogul. 1873 Advt. in ‘Cavendish’ endpaper Patent playing cards. Moguls (or best quality), Harrys (or second quality). society > travel > rail travel > rolling stock > [noun] > locomotive > steam locomotive > used for heavy (freight) trains 1877 M. N. Forney 432 ‘Mogul’ locomotives are often used for ordinary freight service where heavy trains must be hauled, and also on steep grades. 1885 25 Sept. 281/3 The ‘Mogul’ engine. 1913 20 Dec. 13 The great Mogul struck the covered wall of the opposite embankment with terrific force. 1949 8 May (Fiction Mag.) 3/4 I can see the big mogul waiting to take over our train and whip it on to the Coast. 1984 C. Garratt iv. 52 However, Moguls remained prevalent in the lower power stakes..and when in 1951 British Railways announced its 12 new standard steam designs for the entire country, three of them were Moguls. B. adj.the world > people > ethnicities > Mongol peoples of Central Asia > [adjective] the world > the earth > named regions of earth > East Indies > [adjective] > India > parts of India society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [adjective] > specific style 1617 S. Purchas (ed. 3) 609 Wee might seeme to haue spoken sufficiently of the Cambayans alreadie, in our former Mogoll-Relations. 1719 D. Defoe 322 We thought our selves a Match for the whole ten thousand Mougul Tartars. 1722 P. Aubin tr. F. Pétis de la Croix i. i. 7 Every Mogul Family..were accustom'd the first Day of the Year to celebrate a Feast. 1798 11 223 A list of different works in the Chinese, Mantchow, Mogol, and Japan languages, preserved in the Academical Library at Petersburg. 1813 J. Forbes II. xvi. 12 A superb dinner of fifty covers, cooked in the Mogul taste..pilaurs, keb-abs, curries, and other savoury dishes. 1858 J. B. Norton 38 The old Mogul dynasty. 1881 XII. 811/2 The historic ‘ridge’ overlooking the Mughal capital of Delhi. 1903 Mar. 317/2 It was here that the later Moghul emperors held their daily court. 1931 A. U. Dilley v. 140 The Mogul animal rugs of India, equally with the flower rugs, are photographic. 1963 20 Apr. 10/4 A sabre set with emeralds, the hilt carved in seventeenth-century Moghul jade. 1996 T. N. Murari 207 The fountain was a wasteful piece of extravagance, copied from a dusty mughal garden far to the north among the mountains. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). moguln.2Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Mugel. Etymology: < German regional (Austria) Mugel hillock (15th cent. of a hunk of bread; also German regional (southern and Swiss) in form Mockel ; < Mocke (also Mocken ) chunk, lump, probably ultimately < the Indo-European base of mow n.1), apparently remodelled after Mogul n.1 Skiing. society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > winter sports > skiing > [noun] > ski slope or run > specific part 1953 3 Mar. 8/5 We..watched a few of our advanced skiers turning and jumping over the moguls (bumps or ‘knobs’, as an English girl in our class named them). 1956 Dec. 91/1 The moguls..this season will be carved out of pure snow..by skiers uninfluenced by the shape or terrors of underlying bumps, holes, rocks, stumps or other abrupt irregularities. 1961 R. Skepper iii. 45 Moguls are large bumps, and occur most frequently in couloirs, on shoulders, in gullies, or very steep hills... There is usually a mogul passage on every difficult run. 1969 M. Heller xv. 199 Closely related to mogul slopes is the heavily rutted traverse. 1974 15 Apr. 42/2 The Heavenly Valley skier..came in eighth in yesterday's free-style mogul event but his earlier showings in aerial acrobatics and ballet gave him top honors. 1984 1 Dec. 26/4 Today's smoother pistes with fewer exhausting mogul runs call for slightly longer skis. 2002 21 Jan. 61/2 In moguls, which became an Olympic sport in 1992, skiers barrel through an 800-foot patch of bumps. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1adj.1577n.21953 |