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na⋅bob

[ney-bob]

–noun

1.	any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.

2.	Also, nawab. a person, esp. a European, who has made a large fortune in India or another country of the East.

3.	nawab (def. 1).

Origin:
1605–15; < Hindi nawāb. See nawab

Related forms:

na⋅bob⋅er⋅y [ney-bob-uh-ree, ney-bob-uh-ree]

, 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

[nuh-wob, -wawb]

–noun

1.	Also, nabob. a viceroy or deputy governor under the former Mogul empire in India.

2.	an honorary title conferred upon Muslims of distinction in India and Pakistan.

3.	nabob (def. 3).

Origin:
1750–60; < Urdu nawwāb < Ar nuwwāb, pl. of nā'ib deputy, viceroy

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na·bob (nā'bŏb')

[Hindi nawāb, nabāb, from Arabic nuwwāb, pl. of nā'ib, deputy, active participle of nāba, to represent; see nwb in Semitic roots.]

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