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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Other Word Forms of Tycoon

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.

  • That aside, there are some good tycoon games.

  • The property, now a National Trust Historic Site, was once the home of New York City Mayor, William Paulding, industrialist George Merritt, and railroad tycoon Jay Gould.

  • 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.

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