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Definition of Nawab

1. Noun. A governor in India during the Mogul empire.

Definition of Nawab

1. n. A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.

2. n. A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.

Definition of Nawab

1. Noun. A deputy ruler or viceroy in India. ¹

2. Noun. (non-gloss definition A title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Nawab

1. a nabob [n -S] - See also: nabob

Lexicographical Neighbors of Nawab

Literary usage of Nawab

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

1. Early Records of British India: A History of the English Settlements in by James Talboys Wheeler (1878)
"The Nizam was more angry than ever., The Murder of the nawab of Arcot had defied him. He demanded instant payment of arrears of tribute from the nawab. ..."

2. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sunnuds, Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1893)
"The British Government, in consideration of the loss which the abolition of the above duties will entail, agrees to pay to the nawab of ..."

3. A History of England from the Conclusion of the Great War in 1815: New by Sir Spencer Walpole (1912)
"The nawab was to be allowed two years, and, if he required them, the services ... If it were not made within that time, the nawab was " aware of the other ..."

4. A Collection of Treaties, Engagements, and Sanads Relating to India and by India Foreign and Political Dept (1893)
"The British Government, in consideration of the loss which the abolition of the above duties will entail, agrees to pay to the nawab of ..."

5. Indian Records: With a Commercial View of the Relations Between the British (1870)
"When nawab Zyn-oo-deen (or Ali Jah) died without legitimate male issue, his brother, nawab Wallah Jah, succeeded to the hereditary rights, honours, dignity, ..."

6. Indian Polity: A View of the System of Administration in India by George Tomkyns Chesney (1894)
"The nawab-Nazim was, however, still recognised as sovereign in these ... In 1760 the English had fallen out with Mir Jafar, the nawab whom they had set up ..."

7. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1881)
"Accordingly he hurried to the palace of forty pillars, paid his respects to the new nawab, offered his congratulations, presented his ..."

8. History of the Indian Mutiny, 1857-1858: Commencing from the Close of the by George Bruce Malleson (1878)
"The nawab was able to save the lives of the officers. ... The time, however, was to arrive when the nawab, like Sindia and the Hindu princes of Rajputana, ..."

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