tycoon Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a very wealthy or powerful businessman
    business leader; magnate; baron; power; king; mogul; top executive; big businessman.
    • an oil baron

WordNet


Ty*coon" noun
Etymology
Chinese tai-kun great prince.
Definitions
  1. The title by which the shogun, or former commander in chief of the Japanese army, was known to foreigners.

Webster 1913