nabobn.

Brit.

/ˈneɪbɒb/, U.S.

/ˈneɪˌbɑb/

Forms: 1600s nahab (transmission error), 1600s nawbob, 1600s nobob, 1600s nobobb, 1600s 1800s nabab, 1600s– nabob, 1600s– nobab, 1800s nebob. In sense 1 frequently with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymon: Urdu nawwāb.

Etymology: < Urdu nawwāb, nawāb (see nawab n.). Compare Portuguese nababo (1600), and ( < Portuguese) French nabab (1653; attested earlier as nauabo (1614)), Spanish nabab (1884). Compare also naib n.H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) at cited word indicate stress as falling on the second syllable; this is given as an alternative pronunciation also in early editions of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict.

a. = nawab n. 1. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in India

nabob1612

naib1625

subedar1681

nawab1682

subah1753

rajpramukh1948

1612 R. Coverte True Rep. Englishman 36 An Earle is called a Nawbob, and they [sc. noblemen] are the chiefe men that attend on him.

c1613 N. Downton in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. 504 The Nabob bestowed on him..30 allizaes.

1625 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 467 The Nabob, with fiftie or sixtie thousand people in his campe.

1687 London Gaz. No. 2270/6 They took after that a great Ship belonging to the Nabob of Decca, in the River's mouth.

1741 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 168 Now for curling, tiffing, etc. ..Our Duchess will be almost as fine as the nabob's lady.

1764 C. Churchill Candidate 22 Nabobs themselves, allur'd by thy renown, Shall pay due homage to the English Crown.

1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 375 The nabob whom the English supported, was reinstated in the government.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. iii. iv. 621 (note) The term Nabob, as equivalent to Subahdar, is very modern in Hindustan; and is said to have begun with Sujah Dowlah.

1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 34 The proclamation of Khan Bahadoor Khan.., who set himself up as nabob of that place, was put in evidence.

1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §2. 759 The Nabob sank into a pensionary.

1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. III. 348/1 On 21 April 1753 he was detached with forty Europeans and two hundred sipáhis from Arcot to act with the Nabob's forces against the French.

1968 F. Richards Billy Bunter & Bank Robber xx. 72 ‘The enoughfulness is terrific, my esteemed fat Bunter’, said the Nabob of Shanipur.

1991 C. Willock Kingdoms of East ii. 44/1 Tiger shooting became an obsession with the maharajas and nabobs who quickly passed the mania on to the British officials and army officers.

b. In extended use: a wealthy, influential, or powerful landowner or other person, esp. one with an extravagantly luxurious lifestyle; spec. (now historical) a British person who acquired a large fortune in India during the period of British rule. Also: any wealthy or high-ranking foreigner (rare).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person

rich manOE

richOE

Divesc1386

richlingc1445

stuffed manc1460

cob1548

wealthling1581

tercel-gentle1597

good liver1602

goldfinch1603

fill-sack1641

dorado1643

wealth-monger1654

a man, etc. of fortune1732

nabob1760

nawab1826

rico1844

abounder1876

high roller1876

fat cat1928

richie1954

wealth-holder1957

jet-setter1959

1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 71 My wife, a dear good woman, fine in figure, high in taste, a superior genius, and knows old china like a Nabob.

a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) ii. 38 But, after all, Master Touchit, I am not so over-fond of these Nabobs.

1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. 54 The customs and manner of living of these West-India nabobs.

1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 40 I..passed her for a Nabob, in the kitchen, which accounted for her dark complexion, and every thing.

1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 35 Lady Cork..took us to dine at Sir George Cockerell's, the richest nabob in London.

1830 T. B. Macaulay Southey's Colloq. in Ess. (1851) I. 103 The glorified spirit of a great statesman and philosopher dawdling, like a bilious old nabob at a watering place.

1869 Echo 6 Feb. 1/1 India may have ceased to grow nabobs as yellow as the gold mohurs they were wont to amass.

1891 S. M. Welch Home Hist. 157 This southern travel mostly consisted of the sugar ‘Nabobs’ of Louisiana and rich planters from the ‘Cotton States’.

1927 E. Lewis Trader Horn (1930) i. xvi. 184 Sent 'em over for quite a long time to Horniman. One of the tea nabobs.

1950 Times 13 Feb. 3/5 The amateur village bands numbered among their members such ‘new criminals’ as small shopkeepers, village ‘nabobs’ (farmers with from 30 to 125 acres), and other unorganized individuals.

1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vi. 153 The suggestion was that in Aden everyone could be a nabob, or at least a nob.

†2. U.S. A type of woman's cloak fashionable in the early 19th cent. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > other

cowlc961

rocheta1325

dud1355

paenulaa1400

jornay1495

jornet1502

glaudkin1518

paludament1543

mantoon1623

mantoplicee1672

bavaroy1713

roquelaure1716

poncho1717

manteel1733

pelerine1744

mat1773

wrap-rascal1796

benish1797

nabob1803

scarf cloak1804

ruana1814

witzchoura1823

all-rounder1837

pardessus1843

visitec1847

tilma1851

talma1852

sontag1859

Inverness cape1865

dolman1872

Niçois1873

Mother Hubbard1877

1803 E. S. Bowne Let. 4 June in Girl's Life Eighty Years Ago (1888) 151 Silk nabobs, plaided, colored and white, are much worn, very short waists, hair very plain.

1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 23 Misses, squires, and gentlefolks, Call for Nabobs, hats, and cloaks. Note. Nabobs were a kind of outside garment formerly worne by the dashing belles of America.

1854 Godey's Lady's Bk. Feb. 190 The endless varieties of cloaks..the Hungarian, the Galeta, the Nabob..are still in season.

Compounds

C1.

† nabob fortune n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1795 R. Burns Fy, Let us a' to K—— As to his fine nabob fortune, We'el e'en let this subject alane.

† nabob-hunting n. Obsolete

ΚΠ

1767 W. Kenrick Widow'd Wife iii. ii. 43 I was..detained by the conversation of a gentleman, who has been these twelve years a Nabob-hunting in Bengal.

1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 91 This project may not be quite so noble as that of Nabob-hunting, but is certainly more commercial.

† nabob-maker n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India I. iii. xii. 682 On these presents the nabob-makers of Calcutta were far more intent than on the interests of their employers.

† nabob merchant n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1861 All Year Round 9 Mar. 521/2 Nabob merchants who were wont to settle their mutual balances by the barrow-load of Spanish gold.

† nabob plunderer n. Obsolete rare

ΚΠ

1775 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker 14 (note) As to the nabob plunderers, these build palaces.

C2.

† Nabob-land n. depreciative Obsolete India.

ΚΠ

1764 H. Walpole Lett. (1891) IV. 180 There is the devil to pay in Nabob-land, but I understand Indian histories no better than stocks.

1782 J. Trumbull MʽFingal (new ed.) iv. 84 'Tis the blackhole of Indian structure, New-built with English architecture, On plan, 'tis said, contrived and wrote, By Clive..Who..Was her Highpriest in Nabob-land.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nabob
释义	nabobn. Brit. /ˈneɪbɒb/, U.S. /ˈneɪˌbɑb/ Forms: 1600s nahab (transmission error), 1600s nawbob, 1600s nobob, 1600s nobobb, 1600s 1800s nabab, 1600s– nabob, 1600s– nobab, 1800s nebob. In sense 1 frequently with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Urdu. Etymon: Urdu nawwāb. Etymology: < Urdu nawwāb, nawāb (see nawab n.). Compare Portuguese nababo (1600), and ( < Portuguese) French nabab (1653; attested earlier as nauabo (1614)), Spanish nabab (1884). Compare also naib n.H. Yule and A. C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson (1886) at cited word indicate stress as falling on the second syllable; this is given as an alternative pronunciation also in early editions of D. Jones Eng. Pronouncing Dict. 1. a. = nawab n. 1. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in India nabob1612 naib1625 subedar1681 nawab1682 subah1753 rajpramukh1948 1612 R. Coverte True Rep. Englishman 36 An Earle is called a Nawbob, and they [sc. noblemen] are the chiefe men that attend on him. c1613 N. Downton in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. 504 The Nabob bestowed on him..30 allizaes. 1625 W. Finch in S. Purchas Pilgrimes I. iv. 467 The Nabob, with fiftie or sixtie thousand people in his campe. 1687 London Gaz. No. 2270/6 They took after that a great Ship belonging to the Nabob of Decca, in the River's mouth. 1741 M. Delany Autobiogr. & Corr. (1861) II. 168 Now for curling, tiffing, etc. ..Our Duchess will be almost as fine as the nabob's lady. 1764 C. Churchill Candidate 22 Nabobs themselves, allur'd by thy renown, Shall pay due homage to the English Crown. 1771 O. Goldsmith Hist. Eng. IV. 375 The nabob whom the English supported, was reinstated in the government. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India I. iii. iv. 621 (note) The term Nabob, as equivalent to Subahdar, is very modern in Hindustan; and is said to have begun with Sujah Dowlah. 1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 34 The proclamation of Khan Bahadoor Khan.., who set himself up as nabob of that place, was put in evidence. 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People x. §2. 759 The Nabob sank into a pensionary. 1901 Dict. National Biogr. Suppl. III. 348/1 On 21 April 1753 he was detached with forty Europeans and two hundred sipáhis from Arcot to act with the Nabob's forces against the French. 1968 F. Richards Billy Bunter & Bank Robber xx. 72 ‘The enoughfulness is terrific, my esteemed fat Bunter’, said the Nabob of Shanipur. 1991 C. Willock Kingdoms of East ii. 44/1 Tiger shooting became an obsession with the maharajas and nabobs who quickly passed the mania on to the British officials and army officers. b. In extended use: a wealthy, influential, or powerful landowner or other person, esp. one with an extravagantly luxurious lifestyle; spec. (now historical) a British person who acquired a large fortune in India during the period of British rule. Also: any wealthy or high-ranking foreigner (rare). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > rich or wealthy person rich manOE richOE Divesc1386 richlingc1445 stuffed manc1460 cob1548 wealthling1581 tercel-gentle1597 good liver1602 goldfinch1603 fill-sack1641 dorado1643 wealth-monger1654 a man, etc. of fortune1732 nabob1760 nawab1826 rico1844 abounder1876 high roller1876 fat cat1928 richie1954 wealth-holder1957 jet-setter1959 1760 S. Foote Minor ii. 71 My wife, a dear good woman, fine in figure, high in taste, a superior genius, and knows old china like a Nabob. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) ii. 38 But, after all, Master Touchit, I am not so over-fond of these Nabobs. 1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam II. 54 The customs and manner of living of these West-India nabobs. 1800 M. Edgeworth Castle Rackrent 40 I..passed her for a Nabob, in the kitchen, which accounted for her dark complexion, and every thing. 1818 Lady Morgan in Passages from Autobiogr. (1859) 35 Lady Cork..took us to dine at Sir George Cockerell's, the richest nabob in London. 1830 T. B. Macaulay Southey's Colloq. in Ess. (1851) I. 103 The glorified spirit of a great statesman and philosopher dawdling, like a bilious old nabob at a watering place. 1869 Echo 6 Feb. 1/1 India may have ceased to grow nabobs as yellow as the gold mohurs they were wont to amass. 1891 S. M. Welch Home Hist. 157 This southern travel mostly consisted of the sugar ‘Nabobs’ of Louisiana and rich planters from the ‘Cotton States’. 1927 E. Lewis Trader Horn (1930) i. xvi. 184 Sent 'em over for quite a long time to Horniman. One of the tea nabobs. 1950 Times 13 Feb. 3/5 The amateur village bands numbered among their members such ‘new criminals’ as small shopkeepers, village ‘nabobs’ (farmers with from 30 to 125 acres), and other unorganized individuals. 1997 T. Mackintosh-Smith Yemen (1999) vi. 153 The suggestion was that in Aden everyone could be a nabob, or at least a nob. †2. U.S. A type of woman's cloak fashionable in the early 19th cent. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > loose clothing > cloak, mantle, or cape > types of > other cowlc961 rocheta1325 dud1355 paenulaa1400 jornay1495 jornet1502 glaudkin1518 paludament1543 mantoon1623 mantoplicee1672 bavaroy1713 roquelaure1716 poncho1717 manteel1733 pelerine1744 mat1773 wrap-rascal1796 benish1797 nabob1803 scarf cloak1804 ruana1814 witzchoura1823 all-rounder1837 pardessus1843 visitec1847 tilma1851 talma1852 sontag1859 Inverness cape1865 dolman1872 Niçois1873 Mother Hubbard1877 1803 E. S. Bowne Let. 4 June in Girl's Life Eighty Years Ago (1888) 151 Silk nabobs, plaided, colored and white, are much worn, very short waists, hair very plain. 1804 T. G. Fessenden Orig. Poems 23 Misses, squires, and gentlefolks, Call for Nabobs, hats, and cloaks. Note. Nabobs were a kind of outside garment formerly worne by the dashing belles of America. 1854 Godey's Lady's Bk. Feb. 190 The endless varieties of cloaks..the Hungarian, the Galeta, the Nabob..are still in season. Compounds C1. † nabob fortune n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1795 R. Burns Fy, Let us a' to K—— As to his fine nabob fortune, We'el e'en let this subject alane. † nabob-hunting n. Obsolete ΚΠ 1767 W. Kenrick Widow'd Wife iii. ii. 43 I was..detained by the conversation of a gentleman, who has been these twelve years a Nabob-hunting in Bengal. 1772 Ann. Reg. 1771 91 This project may not be quite so noble as that of Nabob-hunting, but is certainly more commercial. † nabob-maker n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1862 H. Beveridge Comprehensive Hist. India I. iii. xii. 682 On these presents the nabob-makers of Calcutta were far more intent than on the interests of their employers. † nabob merchant n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1861 All Year Round 9 Mar. 521/2 Nabob merchants who were wont to settle their mutual balances by the barrow-load of Spanish gold. † nabob plunderer n. Obsolete rare ΚΠ 1775 T. Mortimer Every Man his own Broker 14 (note) As to the nabob plunderers, these build palaces. C2. † Nabob-land n. depreciative Obsolete India. ΚΠ 1764 H. Walpole Lett. (1891) IV. 180 There is the devil to pay in Nabob-land, but I understand Indian histories no better than stocks. 1782 J. Trumbull MʽFingal (new ed.) iv. 84 'Tis the blackhole of Indian structure, New-built with English architecture, On plan, 'tis said, contrived and wrote, By Clive..Who..Was her Highpriest in Nabob-land. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1612
随便看	spear-side spear-skilled spear-splintering spear-staff spear-stick spear-storm spear-straight spear-stroke spear-stuck spear-swept spear-tassel spear-throw spear-thrower spear-thrust spear-tip spear-tipped spear-touch spear-wielding spear-wood spear-wound speararm spearaxe spearbeak spearbearer spearbearing