Tycoon definition

tī-ko͝on
tycoons
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A wealthy and powerful industrialist, financier, etc.
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A wealthy and powerful businessperson or industrialist; a magnate.
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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 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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Noun

Singular:
tycoon
Plural:
tycoons

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.

  • For example, the park's logo is prominent on Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 games because several parks and coaster designs have been replicated as virtual environments for play.

  • I remember back in the mid-90s, when I was just a wee lad, I would go over to the neighbor's house and play the old Lemonade Tycoon on their archaic computer.

  • Popular environment simulators include Roller Coaster Tycoon, a game that involves the management of entire amusement parks as well as the development of roller coasters.

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