na|wab

na|wab
Na|wab «nuh WB», noun.
a title given to important Muslims in India, giving princely status immediately below that of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
[< variant of Arabic nuwwāb; see etym. under nabob (Cf.nabob)]
na|wab «nuh WB», noun.
1. a native ruler in India under the Mogul empire; nabob. Nawabs were viceroys or direct deputies of the reigning head of the government.
2. a) a very rich man; nabob. b) any important or powerful person.
[< Nawab]

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