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NABOB
CONSPICUOUSLY WEALTHY MAN DERIVING HIS FORTUNE IN THE EAST, ESPECIALLY IN 18TH CENTURY INDIA
Nabob (British)
ألاسم
النواب حاكم إقليمي; شخص ذو ثروة
nabob
CONSPICUOUSLY WEALTHY MAN DERIVING HIS FORTUNE IN THE EAST, ESPECIALLY IN 18TH CENTURY INDIA
Nabob (British)
غنى جمع ثروته فى الهند مثر ، مترف
غنى جمع ثروته فى الهند مثر
nabob
Definitie
nabob
['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.
Wikipedia
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.
Uitspraakvoorbeelden voor NABOB
1. Paddy Ashdown, who was the grand high nabob of Bosnia
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Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor 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.