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Synonyms
- big
- big boy
- big cheese
- big gun
- big leaguer
- big shot
- big wheel
- big-timer
- bigfoot
- biggie
- bigwig
- fat cat
- heavy
- heavy hitter
- heavyweight
- high-muck-a-muck
- high-muckety-muck
- honcho
- kahuna
- kingfish
- kingpin
- major leaguer
- muckety-muck
- muck-a-muck
- mucky-muck
- nabob
- nibs
- nob [chiefly British]
- pooh-bah
- poo-bah
- wheel
Examples of nawab in a Sentence
a meeting with the nawabs on the university's board of trustees
Recent Examples on the Web
The Oudh descendants in Kolkata, where the nawab died in exile, had also rejected their claim.
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Ellen Barry, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2019
In 1757, the East India Company commander Robert Clive defeated Bengal’s local ruler, or nawab, in battle and consolidated the company’s power in the province.
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Maya Jasanoff, The New York Review of Books, 23 May 2019
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Word History
Etymology
Urdu nawāb
First Known Use
1682, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Nawab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nawab. Accessed 2 Sep. 2024.
Kids Definition
nawab
noun
na·wab
nə-ˈwäb
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