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tycoon

[tahy-koon]

noun

  1. a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate.

    a business tycoon; a political tycoon.

  2. (often initial capital letter)a title used with reference to the shogun of Japan.



tycoon

/ ٲɪˈː /

noun

  1. a business man of great wealth and power

  2. an archaic name for a shogun

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tycoon

  1. Someone who has made a fortune in business, such as Cornelius Vanderbilt.

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tycoon1

1855–60; < Japanese taikun < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese à great + ū prince
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of tycoon1

C19: from Japanese taikun, from Chinese ta great + ü ruler
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David Sacks, who Trump named as his top advisor on artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency, is close to Musk, having worked with the tycoon decades ago at PayPal.

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Denali, exiled from the Comanche tribe, becomes a personal assassin to the tycoon, and is seen firing arrows and in hand-to-hand combat.

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“Every century has tycoons that have changed the world one way or the other, maybe not for the better,” he says.

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A diver has died during preliminary operations to recover British tech tycoon Mike Lynch's superyacht from the waters off the coast of northern Sicily, local police said.

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In his blog post, Mr Gates cited a 1889 essay by tycoon Andrew Carnegie called The Gospel of Wealth, which argues that wealthy people have a duty to return their fortunes to society.

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