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nabob Definition


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nabob
noun
    1. colloq
      A wealthy influential person.
      Thesaurus: tycoon, celebrity, magnate, personage, financier, bigwig (slang), millionaire, billionaire, VIP, luminary, Croesus.
    2. old use
      A European man who has made a vast fortune in the East.
    3a. historical
      A Muslim governor under the Mogul empire in India;
    3b. historical
Etymology: 17c in sense 3: from Urdu nawwab deputy governor.



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