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5 lettersPronunciation /ˈneɪbɑb/Part of speech nounSorted abbnoStarts with NEnds with B0 clues
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  1. a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)

Word origin

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”).

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  • They have drained the treasuries of Nabobs, who must fill them by oppressing the industry of their subjects.

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