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nabobships

nabobships is the plural of nabobship.

Meaning of nabobship

Noun

nabobship (plural nabobships)

  1. (historical) 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
  2. (archaic, figuratively) 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...

Questions about nabobships

What is nabobships the plural of?
Nabobships is the plural of nabobship.

Words near nabobships in the dictionary

  1. nabobishly
  2. nabobism
  3. nabobry
  4. nabobs
  5. nabobship
  6. nabobships
  7. nabocklesh
  8. nabocklish
  9. naboctate
  10. nabokoite
  11. Nabokov

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