nabob
any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
Also nawab. a person, especially a European, who has made a large fortune in India or another country of the East.
Origin of nabob
1Other words from nabob
- na·bob·er·y [ney-bob-uh-ree, ney-bob-uh-ree], /ˈneɪ bɒb ə ri, neɪˈbɒb ə ri/, na·bob·ism, noun
- na·bob·ish, na·bob·i·cal, adjective
- na·bob·ish·ly, na·bob·i·cal·ly, adverb
- na·bob·ship, noun
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How to use nabob in a sentence
It is enough to make Agnewesque nattering nabobs of negativism proud.
Economic News We’re Thankful For This Thanksgiving | Zachary Karabell | November 24, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTPorson smoked many bundles of cheroots, which nabobs began to import.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce | E. R. Billings.We had gone there and bought rattling outfits of good clothes, and were resting from our labours among the nabobs.
Sixes and Sevens | O. HenryWhat is he going to do to the Central Pacific nabobs if they don't discharge their Chinese laborers?
Port O' Gold | Louis John StellmanWest Indian Nabobs, who had been getting their ten thousand a year and living in England, went out to see what could be done.
The West Indies and the Spanish Main [1899] | James Rodway
Many of the nabobs one glimpses in the theatre fall about three hundred and sixty short of the "four hundred."
The Footlights Fore and Aft | Channing Pollock
British Dictionary definitions for nabob
/ (ˈneɪbɒb) /
informal a rich, powerful, or important man
(formerly) a European who made a fortune in the Orient, esp in India
another name for a nawab
Origin of nabob
1Derived forms of nabob
- nabobery (ˈneɪbɒbərɪ, neɪˈbɒbərɪ) or nabobism, noun
- nabobish, adjective
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