nabob

Example Sentences

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His work quickly made him controversial among civic boosters, who dismissed him as a negative nabob who didn’t want the city to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2025

This doesn’t sound like a con artist or a relentlessly negative nabob.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2021

The building was constructed precisely to overawe foreigners, and it is difficult not to feel small beneath the 10ft-tall painting of an Indian nabob that Lord Carrington had hung on the wall.

From BBC • May 14, 2013

The nabob was "a controversial new species of grandee who made his fortune in India and returned home to enjoy his treasure".

From The Guardian • Jan. 26, 2013

In war time these harbours were crowded with the shipping of all nations, and many a fortune was made that enabled the merchant to go to Europe as a West Indian nabob.

From The West Indies and the Spanish Main by Rodway, James