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Definition of Nabobess
1. a female nabob [n -ES] - See also: nabob
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nabobess
Literary usage of Nabobess
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. All the Year Round: A Weekly Journal by Charles Dickens (1869)
"Of course there would be a nabob on board, or. better still, a nabobess, young,
fair, and beautiful, ..."
2. The Influence of Tropical Climates on European Constitutions: To which is by James Johnson (1827)
"... in Jamaica for the trifling sum of four or five shillings a day, including
all expenses, the Western Nabob and nabobess would soon condescend to recline ..."
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