tycoon

Definitions


[tʌɪˈkuːn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a wealthy, powerful person in business or industry
(e.g: a newspaper tycoon)

- a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan in power between 1857 and 1868


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 19th century: from Japanese taikun ‘great lord’




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