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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nawab \Na*wab"\, n. [See {Nabob}.]
     1. A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by
        courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A rich, retired Anglo-Indian; a nabob.


        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  nawab
       n : a governor in India during the Mogual empire [syn: {nabob}]

















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