See Also: nawab(dictionary)

nawab (iou)



nawab noun. Also (as a title) Nawab. M18.
[Urdu nawab from Urdu, Persian nawwab var. of nuwwab pl. (used as sing.) of (Arab.) na'ib deputy. Cf. NABOB.]
(The title of) a governor or nobleman in the Indian subcontinent (Hist.); (the title of) a distinguished Muslim in the Indian subcontinent. M18.
= NABOB 2. arch. E19.