nawab
IPA: nʌwˈɑb
noun
- (historical) A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).
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Examples of "nawab" in Sentences
- The Family of the Nawabs of Karnal.
- Nawab refused the fort to the Guru.
- He had to pay tribute to the Nawab.
- This frustrated the Nawab of Bengal.
- But the Nawab was a novice in warfare.
- He is the progenitor of the Nawabs of Oudh.
- Nawab then proceeded to announce this decision.
- Evolution of the position of the Nawab of Bengal.
- The Nawab agreed, and did not renege over the deal.
- The Nawab made the blunder in giving the order to stop the war.
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