Nabobship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Nabobship is a noun meaning (figurative, archaic) A position of extremely great wealth.
Meaning
(figurative, archaic) A position of extremely great wealth.
More Meanings
- (historical) The rank or condition of a nabob.
Example Sentences
“[…] Cook’ll be servin’ ragout of peacock, Bird of Paradise on toast, broiled ibis, nightingale’s brains—yew feelin’ all right, yer nabobship?”
The first enceinte [of Surat] was constructed some years after, and the second some more than fifty years ago, under the nabobship of Hyder Kuli Khan
1687, Records of Fort St. George, Diary and Consultation Book, Madras: 1916, entry for November 1687, p. 180, […] Potty Cawn was discharged from his Nabobship, and return’d to his Governmᵗ att Changalaput […]
Abdulla, returning towards his government, was, the first night after his taking leave of the Nizam, found dead in his bed; not without suspicion of poison from Anwar ul Dien Chan, who succeeded him in the nabobship of Arcot, in the year 1157.
Word Forms
- nabobships
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include nabobbery, nabobery, nabobess, nabobry, nabob, nabman.
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