nabobship
nabobship noun: the rank or condition of a nabob.
Noun
nabobship (plural nabobships)
- The rank or condition of a nabob.
- […] Potty Cawn was discharged from his Nabobship, and return’d to his Governmᵗ att Changalaput […]1687, Records of Fort St. George, Diary and Consultation Book, Madras: 1916, entry for November 1687, p. 180
- Abdulla, returning towards his government, was, the first night after his taking leave of the Nizam, found dead in his bed; not without suspicion of poison from Anwar ul Dien Chan, who succeeded him in the nabobship of Arcot, in the year 1157.1768, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, The History of Hindostan, London: T. Becket and P.A. de Hondt, Volume 2, Section 2, p. 33
- A position of extremely great wealth.
- […] an encumbered West India Estate, with the tax of high living, is no Nabobship, and an unfortunate Crop is a very severe shock to such a one.1772, James Iredell, letter dated 20 July, 1772, cited in Don Higginbotham (ed.), The Papers of James Iredell, Raleigh, NC: Division of Archives and History, Department of Cultural Resources, 1976...
- He bought a coachee, and had his own horses from home. They travelled [in] the stile of ancient Virginia Nabobship.1792, Edmund Randolph, letter dated 25 May, 1792, cited in Frances Norton Mason (ed.), John Norton & Sons, Merchants of London and Virginia, New York: A.M. Kelley, 1968, p. 503
Examples of nabobship in a sentence
- The first enceinte [of Surat] was constructed some years after, and the second some more than fifty years ago, under the nabobship of Hyder Kuli Khan1884, Dosabhai Framji Karaka, chapter 1, in History of the Parsis, volume 1, London: Macmillan, page 50:
- “[…] Cook’ll be servin’ ragout of peacock, Bird of Paradise on toast, broiled ibis, nightingale’s brains—yew feelin’ all right, yer nabobship?”1987, Lin Carter, chapter 15, in Mandricardo, New York: Daw, page 132:
Forms of nabobship
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Origin of nabobship
From nabob + -ship.
Questions about nabobship
- What does nabobship mean?
- Nabobship means the rank or condition of a nabob.
- How do you use nabobship in a sentence?
- The first enceinte [of Surat] was constructed some years after, and the second some more than fifty years ago, under the nabobship of Hyder Kuli Khan
- What part of speech is nabobship?
- Nabobship is a noun.
- What is the plural of nabobship?
- The plural of nabobship is nabobships.
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