Definition of Tycoon

1. Noun. A very wealthy or powerful businessman. "An oil baron"

Exact synonyms: Baron, Big Businessman, Business Leader, King, Magnate, Mogul, Power, Top Executive
Generic synonyms: Businessman, Man Of Affairs
Specialized synonyms: Oil Tycoon

Definition of Tycoon

1. n. The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

Definition of Tycoon

1. Noun. A wealthy and powerful business person. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tycoon

1. a wealthy and powerful business person [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tycoon

twynne
twyr
txalaparta
txs
txt
txtspk
txtspks
tyan
tyan-a-bumfit
tybamate
tychism
tychisms
tychite
tychonic
tycoon (current term)
tycoons
tyde
tydy
tyed
tyee
tyees
tyeing
tyek
tyeken
tyekin
tyeks
tyer
tyers

Literary usage of Tycoon

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"To the general body of officials at Yedo, who were only too conscious that the tycoon was undertaking the impossible, it seemed that the impatience of the ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"If the complainants can claim a trade-mark for the combination of a diamond and the words " The tycoon Tea " inclosed in it. as described in their ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"From tho outset the tycoon manifested his comprehension of the national* movement ... Tho resignation of the tycoon was at "№; drawn up, almost in identical ..."

4. Young Japan: Yokohama and Yedo by John R Black (1881)
"INTENTION OF THE tycoon TO ESTABLISH LEGATIONS AT FOREIGN COURTS. IN September 1866, rumours, which had reached us for some days, of the death of the young ..."

5. The American Annual Cyclopedia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1869)
"From tho outset the tycoon manifested his comprehension of the national movement, and showed an intelligent and unselfish attachment for the general ..."

6. Sir Harry Parkes in China by Stanley Lane-Poole (1901)
"The Treaties of the United States and of European Powers had been made with the Shogun or tycoon, the most powerful of the nobles, overlord indeed of all ..."

7. Life and Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Henry Clay Whitney (1907)
"Reply to the tycoon of Japan on Opening of Treaty Ports. AUGUST i, 1861. To His Majesty the tycoon of Japan. Great and good Friend : I have received the ..."

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