It's Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July 6th.
Today's word is Mogul, spelled M-O-G-U-L.
Mogul is a noun.
A mogul is a powerful and influential person.
Here's the word used in a sentence from Mpasho from Kenya by Garvin Patrick.
Kenyan media mogul and businesswoman Betty Kealo has been the center of attention for as long as anybody can remember,
thanks to her many accomplishments in the public eye and her glamorous personal life.
Started by Babur, a descendant of Jengis Khan,
the Muslim mogul dynasty ruled much of India from the early 16th century to the mid-18th century.
The moguls, whose name is also spelled M-O-G-H-U-L or M-U-G-H-A-L,
were known for their talented and powerful rulers called the Great Moguls.
English speakers borrowed the word for other powerful persons,
as in today's familiar references to media moguls.
Skiers might wonder
if such power moguls have anything to do with the name they use for a bump in a ski run.
But that hilly homonym is of Germanic origin and has nothing to do with the Asian mogul dynasties.
With your word of the day, I'm Peter Sokolowski.