nabob
英 ['neɪbɒb]
美['nebɑb]
- n. 地方长官（印度莫卧儿帝国时期）；富豪；在印度发财的欧洲人（等于nawab）
中文词源
nabob 莫卧儿帝国时代的地方行政长官
来自阿拉伯语nuwwab,对副高级行政长官的敬称，来自字母根n-w-b，替代，副职。
英文词源
- nabob (n.)
- 1610s, "deputy governor in Mogul Empire," Anglo-Indian, from Hindi nabab, from Arabic nuwwab, honorific plural of na'ib "viceroy, deputy," from base n-w-b "to take someone's place." Also used of Europeans who came home from India having made a fortune there, hence "very rich man" (1764).