Tycoon

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; a magnate.
  • n. Used formerly as a title for a Japanese shogun.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A wealthy and powerful business person.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The title by which the shoguns of Japan were known to foreigners from the signing of the treaty negotiated in 1854 by Commodore Matthew Perry, on behalf of the United States, and Iyesada, the shogun and supposed “temporal emperor “of Japan, to the end of the shogunate in 1868, but never recognized by the Japanese.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a very wealthy or powerful businessman
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    oil tycoon   
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    industrialist    entrepreneur    magnate    billionaire    mogul    businessman    speculator    Ceos    hackers    profiteer