Tycoon Definition

tī-ko͝on
tycoons
noun
tycoons
A wealthy and powerful industrialist, financier, etc.
Webster's New World
A title applied by foreigners to the former shogun of Japan.
Webster's New World

A wealthy and powerful business person.

Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.
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tycoon
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tycoons

Origin of Tycoon

  • Japanese taikun title of a shogun Middle Chinese tfiaj` kyn great prince tfiaj` kyn great (also the source of Mandarin ) 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

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