Usually means: Wealthy, influential person; often ostentatious.
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  1. nabob: Merriam-Webster
  2. nabob: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. nabob: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. nabob: Collins English Dictionary
  5. nabob: Vocabulary.com
  6. Nabob, nabob: Wordnik
  7. nabob: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. nabob: Wiktionary
  9. nabob: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. nabob: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. nabob: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Nabob, nabob: Dictionary.com
  13. nabob: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Nabob (coffee), Nabob, The Nabob: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Nabob: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. nabob: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. nabob: Rhymezone
  18. Nabob: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. nabob: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. nabob: FreeDictionary.org
  21. nabob: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. nabob: TheFreeDictionary.com
  23. Nabob: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. nabob: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. NABOB: Acronym Finder
  2. nabob, nabob: A Word A Day

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. nabob: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. nabob: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (nabob)

▸ noun:  (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
▸ noun:  (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.
▸ noun:  (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.

Similar:
nawaub, nawab, nawaab, nawaubship, nakhoda, naique, rajah, choabdar, zamindar, Great Mogul, more...

Opposite:
pauper, poor person, impoverished

Adjectives:
new, late, young, old, indian, rich, present, poor, great, wealthy, former

Colors:
    emerald,     gold,     ruby,     sapphire,     amethyst, more...
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Similar:
nawaub, nawab, nawaab, nawaubship, nakhoda, naique, rajah, choabdar, zamindar, Great Mogul, more...

Opposite:
pauper, poor person, impoverished

Adjectives:
new, late, young, old, indian, rich, present, poor, great, wealthy, former

Colors:
    emerald,     gold,     ruby,     sapphire,     amethyst, more...



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