tycoon
tycoon definition
☆ ty·coon (tī ko̵̅o̅n′)
noun
- a title applied by foreigners to the former shogun of Japan
- a wealthy and powerful industrialist, financier, etc.
Etymology: SinoJpn taikun, term of respect for an emperor < tai, great (< Cantonese) + kun, monarch (< Cantonese kuan, official)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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