Definitions for nabob

nabob na·bob

Spelling: [ney-bob]
IPA: /ˈneɪ bɒb/

Nabob is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in nabob (abbno).

Definitions for nabob

noun

  1. any very wealthy, influential, or powerful person.
  2. Also, nawab. a person, especially a European, who has made a large fortune in India or another country of the East.
  3. nawab (def 1).

Origin of nabob

From the Hindi word nawāb, dating back to 1605-15. See nawab

Examples for nabob

His father, the brewer, died, and he became possessor of a nabob's fortune.

First of all, the nabob offered it to the heydukes one by one.

And now the nabob lay down for another little snatch of slumber.

A great change had come over the nabob both externally and internally.

She will be the light of the harem of a nabob with many tails.

For them, every rich foreigner is a nabob, no matter whence he comes.

He had expected the nabob to be enraged, not rejoiced at the news.

And thus he not only filled himself, but satisfied the nabob also.

nabob's calculation is short, but "as rich as a nabob" in error.

One nabob even seems to have commandeered the challenge to reignite an old grudge.

Word Value for nabob
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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