nabob

• 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）

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。

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).

1. a governor in India during the Mogual empire

2. a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)