nabob
Example Sentences
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His work quickly made him controversial among civic boosters, who dismissed him as a negative nabob who didn’t want the city to thrive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2025
This doesn’t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 22, 2021
The building was constructed precisely to overawe foreigners, and it is difficult not to feel small beneath the 10ft-tall painting of an Indian nabob that Lord Carrington had hung on the wall.
From BBC ● May 14, 2013
The nabob was "a controversial new species of grandee who made his fortune in India and returned home to enjoy his treasure".
From The Guardian ● Jan. 26, 2013
"You must get acquainted," said the gracious young nabob.
From Out of a Labyrinth by Lawrence L. Lynch
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