Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
nabob .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
- noun A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
deputy ruler orviceroy inIndia . - noun A title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a governor in India during the Mogul empire
Etymologies
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Examples
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But the one that earned him immense recognition and the title 'nawab' was "Bhaktha Ramadass".
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"But darling, the 'nawab' is already treating her with a fabulous valentine gift in Europe on the day, he even gifted her a charter plane and top of that even featured in the recent worst disasters of their acting careers 'Tashan' and 'Kurbaan'.
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"But darling, the 'nawab' is already treating her with a fabulous valentine gift in Europe on the day, he even gifted her a charter plane and top of that even featured in the recent worst disasters of their acting careers 'Tashan' and 'Kurbaan'.
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But surrounded as they are by works they collected and commissioned, both nawab and expatriate come across as actively engaged with and curious about each other's cultures.
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He was also the second leader, or nawab, of Awadh, a breakaway principality from the Mughal empire.
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He who had once negotiated with the nawab of Bengal to build a trading station on the banks of the Hoogly and traded horses and sugar in Persia and on the Malay archipelago; he who lost cargoes and gambled on trades now was building fifty Anglican churches.
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He who had once negotiated with the nawab of Bengal to build a trading station on the banks of the Hoogly and traded horses and sugar in Persia and on the Malay archipelago; he who lost cargoes and gambled on trades now was building fifty Anglican churches.
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He who had once negotiated with the nawab of Bengal to build a trading station on the banks of the Hoogly and traded horses and sugar in Persia and on the Malay archipelago; he who lost cargoes and gambled on trades now was building fifty Anglican churches.
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In theory, I knew nabob was from nawab, but they occur in such different contexts and are pronounced so differently it's hard to keep it in my head.
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I came across a reference to the Nawab of Oudh, wondered what exactly a nawab was, and thought "this is exactly the sort of thing Hobson-Jobson specializes in."
hernesheir commented on the word nawab
Ruzuzu, I wonder if Wm. Safire considered this word before he coined "nattering nabobs"? If he did, he chose the better term in my opinion.
December 16, 2010