different between luminary vs tycoon

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English l?min?r?, l?min?r?e (“lamp; source of spiritual light, example of holiness; glory”), borrowed from Old French luminarie (“lamp, lights, lighting; candles; brightness, illumination”), variant of luminaire (“light fixture”) (modern French luminaire), from Medieval Latin l?min?rium, from l?min?re (“that which gives light; light; lamp; body giving light, especially a heavenly body”), from l?men (“light; brightness”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“bright; to shine”)) + -?ris (“suffix forming adjectives indicating a relationship or a pertaining to”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?lu?m?n(?)?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?lum??n??i/
• Hyphenation: lu?min?a?ry

Noun

luminary (plural luminaries)

1. One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in their chosen field; a leading light.
2. (archaic) A body that gives light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies.
3. (archaic) An artificial light; an illumination.

Synonyms

• (one who is an inspiration to others): guiding light

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• luminary (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• luminary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• luminary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ?? (taikun, “great lord / prince”), a title for the sh?gun. Related to taipan, from Cantonese ?? (daai6 baan1).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta??ku?n/
• Rhymes: -u?n

Noun

tycoon (plural tycoons)

1. A wealthy and powerful business person.

   Synonyms: captain of industry, magnate, mogul

Derived terms

• tycoonocracy
• tycoonocrat

Related terms

• daimy?
• taipan

Translations

Further reading

• tycoon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coonty

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English, from Japanese ?? (taikun, “great prince”), a title for the sh?gun, from the Chinese root ? (“big, great”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taj.kun/

Noun

tycoon m (plural tycoons)

1. tycoon, magnate

Synonyms

• magnat