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Hastings, Warren (1732–1818)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...resulting in disproportionate fiscal burdens on the Mughul nabob Mir Kasim and his subjects. Hastings's compromise proposal...ending in the defeat of Mir Kasim and restoration of the former nabob, Mir Jaffier. In 1764 Hastings returned to England, but financial...
nabobs
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...a taste for lavish living and political advancement. They were satirized by Samuel Foote in a highly successful play, The Nabob , put on at the Haymarket in 1772. Well-known nabobs included Clive , Sir Robert Fletcher, General Richard Smith, Sir Francis...
Mór Jókai
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...prolific and popular writer. His novels, national in character, often earthy and humorous in style, have been translated into 25 languages. Among them are An Hungarian Nabob (1894, tr. 1898) and Black Diamonds (1870, tr. 1896).
Foote, Samuel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...Foote pilloried Squire Long, the unscrupulous sexagenarian lover of Miss Elizabeth Linley, who was to marry Sheridan . The Nabob (1772) was aimed at the directors of the East India Company and Piety in Patterns (1773) ridiculed sentimental comedy and...
MacPherson, James
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Britain from the Restoration to the Accession of the House of Hanover (1775) achieved a limited success. He died in 1790, having made a living as a government propagandist and a fortune as agent of the nabob of Arcot. Nicholas Phillipson

Dictionary entries related to "nabob"

nabob
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable nabob a Muslim official or governor under the Mogul empire; especially in the 18th and 19th centuries, a person who returned from India to Europe with a fortune.
nabobs
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...fashionable term for men who had returned from India with ample fortunes, and often a taste for lavish living and political advancement. They were satirized by Samuel Foote in a highly successful play, The Nabob , put on at the Haymarket in 1772.
nawab
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology nawab see NABOB .
Dissipation
Dictionary entry from: Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary ...O.T.: Deuteronomy 32:15] Mite, Sir Matthew dissolute merchant; displays wealth ostentatiously. [Br. Lit.: The Nabob , Brewer Handbook , 713] Pheidippides his extravagant bets ruin father ’ s wealth. [Gk. Lit.: The Clouds ] prodigal...
Karloff, Boris
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...Street (The Jade Elephants ) (José) (as Dell Monckton/Maharajah Jehan Dharwar); The Infidel (Young) (as Nabob); The Altar Stairs (Hillyer) (as Hugo); Omar the Tentmaker (Young) (as Holy Imam Mowaffak); The Woman Conquers...

Thesaurus entries related to "nabob"

nabob
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus nabob • noun  the nabobs of Wall Street synonyms : very rich person, tycoon, magnate, millionaire, billionaire, multimillionaire; informal fat cat.
magnate
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English magnate • noun  a business magnate synonyms : tycoon, captain of industry, baron, industrialist, entrepreneur, financier, top executive, chief, leader, VIP, notable, nabob, grandee; inf. big shot, bigwig, big wheel, fat cat, mogul.
capitalist
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English capitalist • noun   synonyms : financier, investor, banker, tycoon, moneyman; wealthy/rich person, plutocrat, nabob.
baron
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus baron • noun   1. she married a baron synonyms : lord, noble, nobleman, aristocrat, peer.   2. a steel baron synonyms : magnate, tycoon, mogul, captain of industry, nabob, mandarin.
mogul
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus mogul • noun  Hollywood movie moguls synonyms : magnate, tycoon, VIP, notable, personage, baron, captain, king, lord, grandee, nabob; informal bigwig, big shot, big cheese, top dog, top banana, big kahuna, big enchilada.

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The rebirth of a coffee company. (Nabob Coffee Co.) (Company Profile)
Magazine article from: Tea & Coffee Trade Journal; 2/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...and is certainly a concept evident at the Nabob Coffee company of Canada. The company...coffee. To emphasize their new direction, Nabob initially changed the most basic aspect...company--the name --and went from Nabob Foods to the Nabob Coffee Company. We...
DaimlerChrysler and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) Award Fellowships that Lead to Minority Media Ownership.
PR Newswire; 3/27/2007; 700+ words ; ...Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) has named Reva Squire and Dale Murray as recipients of the 2007 NABOB DaimlerChrysler Management Fellowship...to build on our initial commitment to NABOB as the exclusive sponsor of the NABOB...
NABOB wins truce with Sony. (National Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters)
Magazine article from: Black Enterprise; 4/1/1992; ; 700+ words ; ...Association of Black-Owned Broadcasters' (NABOB) threatened boycott of Sony Corp.'s...last-minute negotiations in January. NABOB's success in using negotiations to achieve...African-Americans. In mid-December, NABOB met with Sony to discuss practices that...
DaimlerChrysler and National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) award fellowships leading to minority media ownership
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle; 10/11/2005; 416 words ; ...Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) has named Alexis Snipe-Campbell and...the first fellows to participate in the NABOB DaimlerChrysler Management Fellowship...and Mr. Horton into the first class of NABOB DaimlerChrysler Management fellows...
A Delhi Nabob's pursuit of leisure: the transformation of built-heritage into a pleasure retreat.(Thomas Metcalfe)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Marg, A Magazine of the Arts; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The title "Nabob" was a corruption of the native appellation...Commissioner. Thomas Metcalfe: The Quintessential Nabob Thomas Metcalfe (1795-1853) epitomized the ideal Nabob who managed to strike a balance between an...
NABOB
Newspaper article from: Washington Afro-American; 4/14/2000; 506 words ; ...Washington Afro-American 04-14-2000 NABOB Gladys Knight, Wynton Marsalis, Harry...of Black Owned Broadcaster's, Inc. (NABOB) 16th annual communications awards dinner...Thursday night. Knight was presented with the NABOB Lifetime Achievement Award, Marsalis NABOB...
DaimlerChrysler Partners With NABOB
Newspaper article from: Atlanta Inquirer; 4/2/2005; 493 words ; ...National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) to establish the NABOB DaimlerChrysler Management Fellowship Program making...minority broadcasters. The announcement was made during NABOB'S 21st Annual Communications Awards Dinner held...
DaimlerChrysler partners with NABOB to establish fellowship to help minorities gain media ownership
Newspaper article from: Michigan Chronicle; 4/5/2005; 504 words ; ...National Association of Black Owned Broadcasters (NABOB) to establish the NABOB DaimlerChrysler Management Fellowship Program, making...minority broadcasters. The announcement was made during NABOB's 21st Annual Communications Awards Dinner held...
THE VAZ AFFAIR: The `nabob of the network' who never undersold his own self-importance
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/9/2002; ; 691 words ; KEITH VAZ, who was called "the nabob of the network," once described himself as "a leading member, if not the leading member, of the Asian community in this country...
NABOB Awards Gala Brings Out the Stars
Newspaper article from: Washington Informer; 3/30/2005; ; 610 words ; ...performance, Williams, 41, accepted NABOB's Entertainer of the Year Award from...center stage. "I want to thank everyone at NABOB for honoring me for a year full of lots...particularly field of mine." Other 2005 NABOB Award recipients included: film director...