nabob

== English == === Etymology === In colloquial usage in English since 1612, from a corruption of Hindustani नवाब (navāb) / نواب (navāb, “nawab”), perhaps via Portuguese nababo, from Classical Persian نَوَّاب (nawwāb), from Arabic نُوَّاب (nuwwāb), the honorific plural of نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈneɪbɑb/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈneɪbɒb/ === Noun === nabob (plural nabobs) (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire. Synonyms: nawab; see also Thesaurus:ruler (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance. Synonyms: mogul, tycoon, magnate; see also Thesaurus:ruler (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Binky Nabob nawab ==== Translations ==== === References === “nabob”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026 Nabobs: A Study of the Social Life of the English in the Eighteenth-Century, Percival Spear, Oxford University Press, London 1938; New Edition OUP, USA: 1998. Durham's Place-Names of the San Francisco Bay Area, David L. Durham, Quill Driver Books, California: 2000. === Further reading === Nabob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Nabob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)