{"id":2258,"date":"2011-07-27T11:22:06","date_gmt":"2011-07-27T16:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/?p=2258"},"modified":"2019-08-30T16:49:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T16:49:21","slug":"popvocab-ivanka-the-scion-and-her-mini-mogul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.manhattanprep.com\/gre\/blog\/popvocab-ivanka-the-scion-and-her-mini-mogul\/","title":{"rendered":"PopVocab: Ivanka the Scion (and Her Mini-Mogul)"},"content":{"rendered":"

A scion<\/a> is a descendant or heir, generally of a rich person. And while there’s nothing in the dictionary definition about being male, culturally speaking, the word scion<\/i> is almost always used to describe the son of a powerful man.<\/p>\n

I have used scion<\/i> in class as an example of denotation<\/em> vs. connotation<\/em> (the dictionary definition of a word versus the “feeling” or cultural baggage of the word), and was thinking: I’ve never heard anyone describe a woman as a scion<\/i>, but there’s no reason you couldn’t. For instance, Ivanka Trump, daughter of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n

While Paris Hilton is an “heiress” (no one thinks she’s going to end up running the Hilton hotel brand someday), Ivanka is a mogul<\/i> in her own right.<\/p>\n

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A mogul<\/a> is “an important or powerful person” or “a rich or powerful person.” The word derives from Moghul<\/em> or Mughal<\/em>, a member of the Muslim dynasty founded by Baber (or a soldier supporting that dynasty) that ruled India until 1857.<\/p>\n

Another word that comes to us from Hindi is nabob<\/a>, “a person of wealth and prominence.” This originally was a European who made his fortune in India or elsewhere in the East. (Indian restaurants called Nawab<\/i> or other variant spellings are referencing this colonial legacy.)<\/p>\n

A variety of celebrity-type articles have referred to Ivanka’s newborn baby as a “mini-mogul.” Interestingly, when I Googled<\/a> to find an example, all the articles that used the phrase “mini-mogul” were from before Ivanka actually gave birth. No one has yet used the phrase to refer to the baby after it was born. Maybe because it’s a girl? Interesting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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