Meaning & use
nabob
A person of great wealth or importance, especially one who made a fortune in a foreign country, particularly historically in India.
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The retired executive lived like a nabob, throwing lavish parties in his mansion.
British nabobs who returned from India in the eighteenth century often built grand country estates.
A note on using this word
Nabob originally referred to Muslim provincial governors in the Mughal Empire, later applied to Europeans who grew rich in colonial India.
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