mogul

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The 55-year-old media mogul was among the inviteees at the Art Institute of Chicago's dinner in honour of the International Olympic Committee's evaluation committee last night

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  1. noun A small hard mound or bump on a ski slope.

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  • Slim was the banking mogul, a little man with kind eyes of around sixty who walked with the frailty of someone who'd recently been ill. —  Greene, Jennifer - Rock Solid (html).html
  • In introducing Turner, superstar economist Jeffrey Sachs said the media mogul was —  AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed
  • But a Trump insider insists the mogul isn't keen on the book's contents. —  ContactMusic Ltd | Latest News
  • Joe Roth happens to be a Hollywood mogul, and the British tabloids have reported that Freddie joined Sounders FC because he wanted a film career after soccer. —  The Offside
  • The rap mogul is adamant that the genre is in the midst of a "recession" because there are so few talented beatmakers around to help create interesting tracks. —  Contactmusic Ltd | Latest music streams
 

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  1. Probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse mūgi, heap.
 

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