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NABOB DEFINITIONS - 9 definitions found
NABOB was my What's The Word? choice for Thursday, May 7, 2009
nabob n 1: a governor in India during the Mogul empire [syn: nawab, nabob] 2: a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient) nabob 1612, Anglo-Indian, from Hindi nabab, from Ar. nuwwab, honorific pl. of na'ib "viceroy, deputy." Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) nabob noun Etymology: Hindi navāb & Urdu nawāb, from Arabic nuwwāb, plural of nā'ib governor Date: 1612 1. a provincial governor of the Mogul empire in India 2. a person of great wealth or prominence Oxford English Reference Dictionary
English Explanatory Dictionary nabob ˈneɪbɔb n. 1 hist. a Muslim official or governor under the Mughal empire. 2 (formerly) a conspicuously wealthy person, esp. one returned from India with a fortune. [Port. nababo or Sp. nabab, f. Urdu (as NAWAB)] Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Nabob \Na"bob\ (n[=a]"b[o^]b), n. [Hind. naw[=a]b, from Ar. naw[=a]b, pl. of n[=a]["i]b a vicegerent, governor. Cf Nawab.] 1. A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire. 2. One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth. `` A bilious old nabob.'' --Macaulay. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms nabob n. 1. Indian deputy, viceroy, or governor. 2. Millionnaire, Croesus, Dives, very rich man, man of great wealth, man of fortune. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 90 Moby Thesaurus words for "nabob": Daddy Warbucks, Establishment, VIP, baron, beg, beglerbeg, bey, big chief, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig, billionaire, bloated plutocrat, brass, brass hat, burgrave, capitalist, celebrity, collector, dey, dignitary, dignity, elder, eminence, eparch, exarch, fat cat, father, figure, gauleiter, governor, governor-general, great man, high-muck-a-muck, important person, interests, khedive, lieutenant governor, lion, lords of creation, magnate, man of mark, man of means, man of substance, man of wealth, millionaire, mogul, moneybags, moneyed man, multimillionaire, name, nawab, notability, notable, palatine, panjandrum, parvenu, person of renown, personage, personality, pillar of society, plutocrat, power, power elite, proconsul, provincial, rich man, richling, ruling circle, sachem, satrap, somebody, something, stadtholder, subahdar, tetrarch, the great, the top, top brass, top people, tycoon, vali, very important person, vice-king, viceroy, wali, warm man, wealthy man, worthy |
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