tycoonn.
/tʌɪˈkuːn/, U.S. /taɪˈkun/ 1. The title by which the shogun of Japan was described to foreigners.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > de facto ruler of Japan
shogun1615
tycoon1857
1857 T. Harris Diary 28 Oct. (1930) 406 Today, I am told Ziogoon is not the proper appellation of their ruler, but that it is Tykoon. Ziogoon is literally ‘Generalissimo’ while Tykoon means ‘Great Ruler’.
1858 Times 9 Nov. 7/1 This treaty, in the first place, engages that there shall be perpetual peace and friendship between Her British Majesty and the Tycoon of Japan.
1863 R. Alcock (title) The Capital of the Tycoon: A narrative of a three years' residence in Japan.
1863 R. Alcock Capital of Tycoon II. 491 The name by which this officer is commonly known is ‘the Tycoon of Japan’.
1875 W. E. Griffis in N. Amer. Rev. CXX. 287 There never was but one emperor in Japan, the Shogun was military usurper, and the bombastic title ‘Tycoon’ a diplomatic fraud.
1881 Sir R. Alcock in Encycl. Brit. XIII. 584/2 The title of taikun (often misspelt tycoon) was then for the first time used; it..was employed for the occasion by the Tokugawa officials to convey the impression that their chief was in reality the lord paramount.
1887 L. Oliphant Episodes (1888) 186 Soldiers of the Tycoon, or Temporal Emperor [of Japan], as he was then [1861] called.
2. An important or dominant person, esp. in business or politics; a magnate. Also attributive. Originally U.S. (as a nickname of Abraham Lincoln).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun]
kingeOE
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noblec1400
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worthyman1439
personagec1460
giant1535
honourablec1540
triedc1540
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ornament1573
signor1583
hero1592
grandee1604
prominent1608
name1611
magnificent1612
choice spirita1616
illustricity1637
luminary1692
lion1715
swell1786
notable1796
top-sawyer1826
star1829
celebrity1831
notability1832
notoriety1841
mighty1853
tycoon1861
reputation1870
public figure1871
star turn1885
headliner1896
front-pager1899
legend1899
celeb1907
big name1909
big-timer1917
Hall of Famer1948
megastar1969
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > in a republic > in U.S. > specific U.S. presidents
favorite son1788
Old Hickory1815
O.K.1840
tycoon1861
1861 J. Hay Diary 25 Apr. in Lincoln & Civil War (1939) 12 Gen. Butler has sent an imploring request to the President to be allowed to bag the whole nest of traitorous Maryland Legislators. This the Tycoon..forbade.
1886 Outing 9 164/1 The tycoon of the baggage car objected to handling the boat.
1926 Time 14 June 32/3 Married. Fred W. Fitch, 56, rich hair-tonic tycoon.
1947 W. H. Auden Age of Anxiety (1948) 36 With diamonds to offer, A cleaned tycoon in a cooled office, I smiled at a siren.
1952 Manch. Guardian Weekly 3 July 7/3 Warren has..been the preferred choice of..oil and aviation tycoons with delusions of grandeur.
1958 Times 3 Dec. 6/4 Tycoons are not quite as tycoonish as they were before.
1960 R. W. Marks Dymaxion World Buckminster Fuller 62/1 Pictures of his latest projects appear regularly on the front cover of the magazines which symbolize the tycoon press.
1982 M. Russell Rainblast iii. 21 She has a thing going with Marcus Hicks, the stores tycoon.
Derivatives
tyˈcoonate n. the office or dignity of a tycoon or the tycoons.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > office or dignity of tycoon
tycoonate1863
1863 R. Alcock Capital of Tycoon I. v. 135 The ‘Tycoonat’, created by the strong arm and determined will of Taikosama.
tyˈcoonery n. [-ery suffix] the behaviour or status of a tycoon or tycoons; a group of businessmen.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > (group of) eminent people
greata1325
principalsa1425
the great and the good1624
constellationa1631
grand1667
Pleiad1856
prominenti1927
tycoonery1956
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > status or behaviour of tycoon
tycoonery1956
tycoonship1964
1956 Time 24 Dec. 47/2 Instead of making a budget, Falk decided to indulge in a bit of extracurricular tycoonery.
1959 Times 19 Nov. 15/5 This immensely long..novel gives us a new Tom Sawyer and takes him up to tycoonery.
1962 Punch 26 Sept. 443/3 The Express group stands alone among the major press tycooneries.
1970 ‘D. Halliday’ Dolly & Cookie Bird viii. 119 Janey's father..had.. several irritating habits of tycoonery.
1983 Listener 27 Oct. 34/3 He was busy trying to set up a rival consortium to buy the Sunday Times, competing with (and losing to) Murdoch in tycoonery.
tycooˈness n. a female tycoon (sense 2).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > woman
heroine1587
heroess1612
grande dame1775
lioness1808
shero1836
tycooness1960
1960 Guardian 28 Oct. 8/4 A high-powered tycooness must have sharp claws within the velvet paw.
tyˈcoonish adj. characteristic of a tycoon (sense 2).
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [adjective]
mereeOE
athelOE
couthOE
brightOE
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sheenc1275
tirfulc1275
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losedc1305
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solemna1387
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famous?a1400
renomé?a1400
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celebrate?1440
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parent?c1450
glorificatec1460
heroical?a1475
insignite?a1475
magnific1490
well-fameda1492
exemie1497
singular1497
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magnificential1506
laureate1508
illustre?a1513
illustred1512
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top1647
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splendid1660
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lustrious1769
trumpeted1775
spiry1825
world-famous1832
galactic1902
tycoonish1958
mega1987
1958 Times 3 Dec. 6/4 Tycoons are not quite as tycoonish as they were before.
1965 ‘R. Erskine’ Passion Flowers in Business iv. 48 I..thought it tycoonish in an exciting way.
tyˈcoonism n. the system of temporal government by the tycoon.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems governed by person or body > [noun] > by a tycoon
tycoonism1878
1878 E. W. Clark Life & Adventure Japan 128 Shidz-u-o-ka..became the St. Helena of Tycoonism.
tyˈcoonship n. the status or position of a tycoon (sense 2); the fact of being a tycoon.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > fame or renown > famous or eminent person > [noun] > status or behaviour of tycoon
tycoonery1956
tycoonship1964
1964 Penguin Bk. Austral. Ballads 15 Rugged individualists separately thrusting their ways..to an industrial tycoon-ship.
1976 ‘M. Innes’ Gay Phoenix iii. 43 Business affairs... A high degree of continuity in their direction was..a sine qua non of successful tycoonship.
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