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nabobish

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na⋅bob

  [ney-bob]
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–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
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Word Origin & History

nabob 
1612, "deputy governor in Mogul Empire," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi nabab, from Arabic nuwwab, honorific pl. of na'ib "viceroy, deputy," from base n-w-b "to take someone's place." Also used of Europeans who came home from India having made a fortune there, hence "very rich man" (1764).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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