nawab

Examples

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• The Nawab hosted a grand feast to celebrate the festival and invited all the local leaders.

• During the meeting, the Nawab discussed plans to improve trade in his territory.

• Unfortunately, in the interval, the Nawab lost two more children.

  Fiction book (1992)

• "Beg pardon?" the Nawab said, looking puzzled.

  Fiction book (1992)

• At once, the Nawab leapt angrily to his feet.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Beersley gazed down on the Nawab with a look of such contempt.

  Fiction book (1992)

• When the hubbub had died down, Beersley requested that the Nawab take a seat so that he might begin.

  Fiction book (1992)

• The Nawab of Dajal.

  The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936)

• Although much past his prime, Nawab Sahib was noblesse oblige.

  Fiction book (1993)

• From the near distance came the anguished stentorian cries of the Nawab's prize pachyderms calling out for water.

  Fiction book (1992)

Synonyms

K

khan

vsnawab

145 9.9

A title for a ruler or important leader in Central Asia and nearby countries

is a Muslim provincial noble in India rather than a broad Central Asian title

N

nabob

vsnawab

• Archaic

9.9

A high official who ruled part of India under the Mughal emperors

is the Muslim noble governor role that often ruled a province

A

atabeg

vsnawab

• Archaic

9.9

A high official in some Muslim countries during the Middle Ages who ruled a province

is specific to India under Mughal rule rather than wider medieval regions

Surface Forms

Etymology