| 词汇 | nabob |
| 词源 | nabob. The nawabs who governed provinces in India from the early 16th century through the Raj were Moguls who owed allegiance to the Mogul emperors of India but grew so wealthy and powerful that they kept all tributes from the people and made their offices hereditary. Europeans, noting the immense wealth and power of these men, took to calling any wealthy, powerful man a nabob, which is merely a corruption of nawab. |
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