Tycoon meaning

tī-ko͝on'
The definition of a tycoon is a industry leader or a person who is extremely successful in business.

An example of a tycoon is a man who started and is running a billion dollar company.

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A title applied by foreigners to the former shogun of Japan.
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A wealthy and powerful industrialist, financier, etc.
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A wealthy and powerful business person.

Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.

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Used formerly as a title for a Japanese shogun.
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A wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; a magnate.
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Origin of tycoon

  • Japanese taikun title of a shogun Middle Chinese tfiaj` kyn great prince tfiaj` kyn great (also the source of Mandarin dà) kyn prince (also the source of Mandarin jūn)
    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
  • From Japanese 大君 (たいくん, taikun) (great prince), a title for the shogun.
    From Wiktionary

Tycoon Sentence Examples

  • In Rollercoaster Tycoon, for example, you are responsible for setting the price of admission, hiring staff, and creating fun thrill rides for your customers.

  • Also known colloquially as OpenTTD for short, Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe is a business simulation game that will look familiar to anyone who has played any of the tycoon-style games in the past, like Zoo Tycoon and Rollercoaster Tycoon.

  • The property, now a National Trust Historic Site, was once the home of New York City Mayor, William Paulding, industrialist George Merritt, and railroad tycoon Jay Gould.

  • In the Nintendo DS game, the Urbz: Sims in the City, it's up to you to save the city from greedy business tycoon, Daddy Bigbucks, and restore harmony and order in Sim Quarter.

  • I've been a long-time fan of the tycoon games and the idea of having a portable zoo to take with me and care for like a newborn silver dual-screened baby made my heart go pitter-patter.

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