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#48: nabob

7/27/2015

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nabob all-potent
traveling by elephant
everywhere he went
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[... from Wikipedia:] "A nabob is an Anglo-Indian term for a conspicuously wealthy man who made his fortune in the Orient, especially in the Indian subcontinent. It also refers to an East India Company servant who had become wealthy through corrupt trade and other practices. Nabob literally means "deputy governor" or "viceroy" in the Mughal Empire rule of India. This title was later adapted by British vassals in India, such as Bengal, Oudh, and Arcot."

Closer to [my] home: "San Francisco's historically posh neighborhood, Nob Hill, was named as a result of shortening the term nabob. Nob Hill came to prominence in the 1860s and 1870s when tycoons (including Leland Stanford, Collis Huntington, Charles Crocker, and Mark Hopkins; California's "Big 4" who helped create the Central and Southern Pacific Railways) built their lavish mansions there."

DEFINITION of this 2-syllable 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. a viceroy or deputy governor under the former Mogul empire in India.
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