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NABOB
(NAY-bob)
A
person of wealth and prominence
Common
clues:
Bigwig; Big cheese; High-muckety-muck; Influential individual;
Man
of means; Person of high status; Fat cat; Wealthy one
Crossword
puzzle frequency:
2 times a year
Video: “Impudent
Snobs” by Spiro Agnew
In
colloquial usage in English (since 1612), adopted in other
Western languages, the corrupted form nabob (never officially
awarded, but homophonous with the Bengali pronunciation) was
erroneously used instead of Nawab but, also, since 1764 to refer
to commoners: a merchant-leader of high social status and wealth
or a capitalist. It can also be used metaphorically for people
who have a grandiose style or manner of speech, as in Spiro
Agnew's famous dismissal of the press as "nattering nabobs
of negativism".
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It uses material from the Wikipedia
article "Nabob".
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