nawab
/nuh-wob, -wawb/US // nəˈwɒb, -ˈwɔb //UK // (nəˈwɑːb) //
纳瓦布,纳瓦伯,纳瓦卜,纳瓦夫
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n.名词 noun
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- : Also nabob. a viceroy or deputy governor under the former Mogul empire in India.
- : an honorary title conferred upon Muslims of distinction in India and Pakistan.
- : nabob.
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Examples
Following the nawab he traversed many corridors and chambers and ultimately reached an apartment in which Chumru was seated.
On its overthrow by Akbar in 1572, it was annexed to the Mogul empire and governed by a Nawab.
General Raper was the officer in political charge of the Nawab of Moorshedabad, then a boy of some ten years old.
Early next morning (June 23, 1757) the Nawab's army moved out and took order for battle.
A heavy storm wetted the powder of the Nawab's artillery, and reduced its fire to insignificance.
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