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‖ nawab|nəˈwɔːb|
Also 9 nawaub, -ob, nuwab, -aub.
[Urdū nawwāb, var. of nuwwāb, pl. of nā'ib naib: cf. nabob.]
1. A native governor or nobleman in India; = nabob 1. Now Hist.
1758in Jas. Mill Brit. India (1817) III. 276 ‘My Lord Nawab’ answered the Mirza getting up. 1809Visct. Valentia Voy. & Trav. India I. 381, I was surprised that I had heard nothing from the Nawaub of the Carnatic. 1835A. Burnes Trav. Bokhara (ed. 2) I. 65 He left us..to take..charge of the Shikarpoor district during the absence of his brother, the Nawab. 1878N. Amer. Rev. CXXVII. 139 Native rajahs and powerful nawobs.
2. A wealthy retired Anglo-Indian; = nabob 2. Now arch.
1825–9Mrs. Sherwood Lady of Manor III. xix. 136 A certain Nawaub or old Civilian from the East Indies, who was reported to have more rupees than wit. 1878G. Smith J. Wilson i. (1879) 20 The previous generation had seen..burghs bought and sold by Anglo-Indian nawabs.
Hence naˈwabship.
1890T. F. Tout Hist. Eng. fr. 1689, 65 The nawabship of the Karnátik. |