The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[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