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nabob

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na·bob  (nbb)
n.
1. A governor in India under the Mogul Empire. Also called nawab.
2. A person of wealth and prominence.
[Hindi nawb, nabb, from Arabic nuwwb, pl. of n'ib, deputy, active participle of nba, to represent; see nwb in Semitic roots.]
nabob [ˈneɪbɒb]
n
1. Informal a rich, powerful, or important man
2. (Historical Terms) (formerly) a European who made a fortune in the Orient, esp in India
3. (Historical Terms) another name for a nawab
[from Portuguese nababo, from Hindi nawwāb; see nawab]
nabobery  [ˈneɪbɒbərɪ neɪˈbɒbərɪ], nabobism n
nabobish  adj
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Noun1.nabobnabob - a governor in India during the Mogul empire
nawab
Bharat, India, Republic of India - a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947
governor - the head of a state government
2.nabob - a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)
man of means, rich man, wealthy man - a man who is wealthy
Translations
nabob [ˈneɪbɒb] N → nabab m
nabob
n → Nabob m; (fig also) → Krösus m


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He had the whitest shirt on you ever see, too, and the shiniest hat; and there ain't a man in that town that's got as fine clothes as what he had; and he had a gold watch and chain, and a silver-headed cane -- the awful- est old gray-headed nabob in the State.
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I thought it best not to ask; but you may be sure it is to some horrid old nabob, or to some dissipated little duke.
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The overwhelming logic and feeling of his speech 'On the Nabob of Arcot's Debts' produced so little effect at its delivery that the ministers against whom it was directed did not even think necessary to answer it.
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