[每日] nabob (n) 富豪
Word of the Day (Saturday November 22, 2008)
nabob \NAY-bob\, noun:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/7c53l
1. a native ruler in India in the Mogul empire; by extension, a
person from India who made a fortune there
2. a very wealthy and prominent person; mogul
I am not a nabob, but I live well.
-- Malcolm Moore, Sicilian reggae performer wows Jamaica, Daily
Telegraph, January 18, 2004
This super nabob spent money as though it was water.
-- Arthur Daley, Lessons in Skulduggery, New York Times,
September 16, 1939
Perhaps once worn by some nabob or his wife, it is today, of
course, a museum piece, lent to the display by the Victoria and
Albert Museum in London.
-- Italian Artisans Who Created New Fashion From an Ancient
Style, New York Times, December 16, 2000
by 1612, "deputy governor in Mogul Empire," Anglo-Indian, from
Hindi nabab, from Arabic nuwwab, honorific plural of na'ib
"viceroy, deputy." This word was also used of Europeans who came
home from India having made a fortune there, hence "very rich
man" (1760).
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