Definition of Nabobesses

1. Noun. (plural of nabobess) ¹

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Definition of Nabobesses

1. nabobess [n] - See also: nabobess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nabobesses

nabes
nabesite
nabiasite
nabilone
nabis
nabks
nabla
nablas
nablock
nablocks
nabob
naboberies
nabobery
nabobess
nabobesses (current term)
nabobish
nabobism
nabobisms
nabobs
nabobship
nabobships
nabokoite
naboom
naboot
naboots
nabothian cyst
nabothian follicle
nabothian gland
nabs

Literary usage of Nabobesses

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"... says he hopes to live long enough to be introduced as a friend to my fair Indian disciple, and to see her eclipse all other nabobesses as much in wealth ..."

2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... says he hopes to live long enough to be introduced as a friend to my fair Indian disciple, and to see her eclipse all other nabobesses as much in wealth ..."

3. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"Aye, I must alter the disposition of my acres once more : I will have no nabobs nor nabobesses in my family. Dup. By as much as a province is better ..."

4. The Life of Laurence Sterne by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1864)
"... eclipse all other nabobesses as much in wealth as she already does in exterior." And a " most sentimental afternoon till nine o'clock have we passed. ..."

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