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Nabob
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
2. One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth. " A bilious old nabob." Macaulay.