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Meanings of nabob in английском

каталонский
nabab
испанский
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A governor in India during the Mogul empire.

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        Examples for "nawab"
        Examples for "nawab"
        1
        The nawab was killed, and one of his sons, Maphuz Khan, taken prisoner.
        With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
        2
        This man was the nephew of the last nawab of the Carnatic, Dost Ali.
        With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
        3
        Dupleix refused, and the nawab sent his son Maphuz Khan to invest the town.
        With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
        4
        The nawab held the fort for seven months, when it was recaptured by Lord Clive.
        Across India; Or, Live Boys in the Far East
        5
        What nawab owns the great house yonder?
        In Clive's Command: A Story of the Fight for India
        Usage of nabob in английском
        1
        It was not until five o'clock that the nabob entered the fort.
        With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
        2
        He was a nabob, and he knew the power of his wealth.
        Lights and Shadows of New York Life / or, the Sights and Sensati...
        3
        Up in Copperhead Camp I was a nabob, here I'm a nobody.
        West Wind Drift
        4
        They are going to be huge, gushes the nabob of gob himself.
        Independent.ie
        5
        The very offer of the nabob showed him that the latter was alarmed.
        With Clive in India; Or, The Beginnings of an Empire
        6
        With my pension I shall be a nabob in Six Stars.
        The Soldier of the Valley
        7
        I lost this bracelet at the house of the rich nabob, Alfred Sassoon.
        My Double Life: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt
        8
        The old nabob's heart leaped up in a welcome relief at this command.
        A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
        9
        But he was simply astounded when his nabob relative quietly said:
        A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
        10
        Pardon me, my dear Marston, you live with the comfort of a nabob.
        Our World; Or, the Slaveholder's Daughter
        11
        Why with five hundred dollars he probably feels as rich as a nabob.
        Five Hundred Dollars; or, Jacob Marlowe's Secret
        12
        Now, he properly has the custody of the dead nabob's will.
        A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
        13
        At last the husband said, What think you of the nabob?
        Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
        14
        Have I a nabob uncle turned up anywhere, do you think?
        Capitola the Madcap
        15
        What words, what notes of exclamation can describe the nabob's astonishment?
        The Book of Snobs
        16
        Anstruther was prompt! said the neatly tricked nabob, when Hawke translated:
        A Fascinating Traitor: An Anglo-Indian Story
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        Translations for nabob
        каталонский
        nabab
        испанский
        nababnawab
        Nabob through the time
        Nabob across language varieties
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