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Qué (quién) es NABOB - definición


nabob         
  • An 1811 caricature of contemporary British nabobs
CONSPICUOUSLY WEALTHY MAN DERIVING HIS FORTUNE IN THE EAST, ESPECIALLY IN 18TH CENTURY INDIA
Nabob (British)
['ne?b?b]
¦ noun
1. historical a Muslim official or governor under the Mogul empire.
2. a very rich or important person.
Origin
from Port. nababo or Sp. nabab, from Urdu; see also nawab.
Nabob         
  • An 1811 caricature of contemporary British nabobs
CONSPICUOUSLY WEALTHY MAN DERIVING HIS FORTUNE IN THE EAST, ESPECIALLY IN 18TH CENTURY INDIA
Nabob (British)
·noun A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
II. Nabob ·noun One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth.
nabob         
  • An 1811 caricature of contemporary British nabobs
CONSPICUOUSLY WEALTHY MAN DERIVING HIS FORTUNE IN THE EAST, ESPECIALLY IN 18TH CENTURY INDIA
Nabob (British)
n.
1.
Indian deputy, viceroy, or governor.
2.
Millionnaire, Croesus, Dives, very rich man, man of great wealth, man of fortune.

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Nabob
A nabob is a conspicuously wealthy man deriving his fortune in the east, especially in India during the 18th century with the privately held East India Company.
Ejemplos de uso de NABOB
1. Here is the moment to quote one of the gallery‘s founders, the historian Thomas Babington Macaulay, on Clive÷ "A savage old nabob, with an immense fortune, a tawny complexion, a bad liver and a worse heart." Now that would have been a good caption.