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1 Nabob -- rank: 1000

Nabob definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary NABOB, n. 1. A deputy or prince in India, subordinate to ... a governor in India during the Mogul empire [syn: nawab, nabob] 2: a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune ... Sp. nabab, f. Urdu (as NAWAB) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nabob Na"bob (n[=a]"b[o^]b), n. [Hind. naw ... riches: hence, any man of great wealth. `` A bilious old nabob.'' --Macaulay. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Indian ...

2 CHICKEN NABOB -- rank: 951

CHICKEN NABOB Definitions 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue One returned from ... moderate fortune of fifty or sixty thousand pounds, a diminutive nabob: a term borrowed from the chicken turtle.

3 nawab -- rank: 579

... a governor in India during the Mogul empire [syn: nawab, nabob] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Urdu naw?b Date: 1758 nabob Oxford Reference Dictionary n. 1 the title of a distinguished ... Etymology: Urdu nawwab pl. f. Arab. na' ib deputy: cf. NABOB Webster's 1913 Dictionary Nawab Na*wab", n. [See Nabob.] A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title ... Nawab Na*wab", n. A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.

4 Top -- rank: 223

... meridian, meridional, merry-go-round, mig, ministry, mogul, most, mountaintop, nabob, name, ne plus ultra, no place higher, noon, not affordable ...

5 rich man -- rank: 223

... of substance, man of wealth, millionaire, moneybags, moneyed man, multimillionaire, nabob, parvenu, plutocrat, richling, rugged individualist, warm man, wealthy man

6 power elite -- rank: 223

... lords of creation, magnate, man of mark, management, ministry, mogul, nabob, name, nobility, notability, notable, officialdom, overlapping, panjandrum, person of renown ...

7 pillar of society -- rank: 223

... interests, lion, lords of creation, magnate, man of mark, mogul, nabob, name, notability, notable, panjandrum, person of renown, personage, personality, power ...

8 plutocrat -- rank: 223

... of substance, man of wealth, millionaire, moneybags, moneyed man, multimillionaire, nabob, parvenu, rich man, richling, warm man, wealthy man

9 parvenu -- rank: 223

... modern man, modernist, modernizer, moneybags, moneyed man, mucker, multimillionaire, mushroom, nabob, name-dropper, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, new ...

10 Provincial -- rank: 223

... local, localized, loutish, lowland, mean, mean-minded, mean-spirited, muzhik, nabob, naive, narrow, narrow-hearted, narrow-minded, narrow-souled, narrow-spirited ...

11 Proconsul -- rank: 223

... dey, eparch, exarch, gauleiter, governor, governor-general, khedive, lieutenant governor, nabob, nawab, palatine, provincial, satrap, stadtholder, subahdar, tetrarch, vali, vice-king ...

12 Power -- rank: 223

... mordancy, most, motivate, motive power, mountain, move, much, muchness, muscle, nabob, name, nation, nationality, natural endowment, natural gift, natural right, ne ...

13 Personality -- rank: 223

... of mark, mastery, mind, mogul, moment, monad, mortal, motive force, nabob, name, nature, nominalism, nonconformity, nose, notability, notable, object, one, oneness ...

14 Personage -- rank: 223

... magnate, man, man of mark, master, master spirit, mogul, mortal, nabob, name, nose, notability, notable, one, panjandrum, part, party, person, person ...

15 Luminary -- rank: 223

... luminal, luminant, luminaries, man of mark, master spirit, match, moon, nabob, name, notability, notable, paramount, person of note, personage, photic, photoactinic ...