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cabob
English
Noun
cabob (plural cabobs)
- Obsolete form of kebab.
Verb
cabob (third-person singular simple present cabobs, present participle cabobbing, simple past and past participle cabobbed)
- Obsolete form of kebab.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir. T. Herbert to this entry?)
Anagrams
- bobac
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nabob
English
Etymology
In colloquial usage in English since 1612, from Urdu ????? (nav?b), from Persian [Term?], from Arabic ???????? (nuww?b), the honorific plural of ??????? (n??ib, “deputy”).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ne?b?b/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ne?b?b/
Noun
nabob (plural nabobs)
- (historical) An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire.
- Synonym: nawab
- (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.
- Synonyms: tycoon, magnate
- (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.
Derived terms
- Nob Hill (“neighborhood in San Francisco”)
Related terms
- nawab
Translations
References
- Nabobs: A Study of the Social Life of the English in the Eighteenth-Century, Percival Spear, Oxford University Press, London 1938; New Edition OUP, USA: 1998.
- Durham's Place-Names of the San Francisco Bay Area, David L. Durham, Quill Driver Books, California: 2000.
Further reading
- Nabob on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Nabob in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)
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