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Nabob
Wealthy man deriving his fortune in the east / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Nabob (disambiguation).
A nabob /ˈneɪbɒb/ is a conspicuously wealthy man deriving his fortune in the east, especially in India during the 18th century with the privately held East India Company.[1]
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