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1. (n.) nawab
a provincial governor in Mogul India.

Etymology: (1750–60; < Urdu nawwāb < Ar nuwwāb, pl. of nā'ib deputy, viceroy)

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1. (noun) nawab, nabob
a governor in India during the Mogul empire

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1. (noun) nawab
a deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East

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1. nawab
a viceroy of a province in the Mogul empire, applied also to a Mohammedan chief in India, and, spelt Nabob, to a man who has made his wealth in India.

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