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nawab
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A nawab or nawaab is an honorific title ratified and bestowed by the reigning Mughal emperor to semi-autonomous Muslim rulers of princely states in South Asia. "Nawab" usually refers to males; the female equivalent is " begum " or "nawab begum". The primary ...
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n. 1 A deputy ruler or viceroy in India. 2 (non-gloss definition: A title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.)
Usage examples of nawab.
And it said that the men had beaten its ayah, but that the havildar Ben Allar had sent it down the road to ask its way to the house of the Nawab.
He had been entertained by rajas and nawabs whose nautch dancers knew tricks that would harden the cock of a corpse.
He wore a gold pugree in the middle of which sparkled a ruby the size of a goose egg, The Nawab was beardless, but sported large whiskers pointing downwards in the Moghul fashion.
Moslem nawabs and Hindu rajas, squelched into their borders first by the Company and later the Crown, had spent their entire lives with nothing to do but squabble over rank and invent ways to spend their money.
Gavin is determined to prevent the Nawab going the way of the Rani of Jhansi and proclaiming his State independent.
A correspondence ensued with Dupleix, who, seeing the immense advantage it would be to him to gain what would virtually be the position of patron and protector of the Subadar of the Deccan, and the Nawab of the Carnatic, at once agreed to join them.
Jung proclaimed himself Subadar of the Deccan, and appointed Chunda Sahib Nawab of the Carnatic.
What on earth could these do against all the force of the nawab, the subadar, and three or four thousand French troops?
These badmashes quarrelled constantly amongst themselves, but the Nawab was courteous and welcoming.
The badmashes sought out the Nawab, finding him in his exceptional rose‑garden.