(n.) A deputy or viceroy in India; a governor of a province of the ancient Mogul empire.
(n.) One who returns to Europe from the East with immense riches: hence, any man of great wealth.
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Nawab
Definition:
(n.) A deputy ruler or viceroy in India; also, a title given by courtesy to other persons of high rank in the East.
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(1) Although the prime minister did not announce an army takeover, he said the governor, Nawab Zulfiqar Magsi, could call for army assistance at any time.
(2) Its fabled old city, once the pride of the nawabs of Awadh, is slowly crumbling.
(3) However, our results also open up an intriguing new avenue in the search for protective factors for dementia – if we can understand why people with a high BMI have a reduced risk of dementia, it’s possible that further down the line, researchers might be able to use these insights to develop new treatments for dementia.” Lead author Dr Nawab Qizilbash from Oxon Epidemiology told the Guardian that the message from the study was not that it was OK to be overweight or obese in middle-age.
(4) Baqar Nawab, the administrator of Jinnah Medical and Dental College, where Lobo is an assistant professor of community health, hailed what she has done since joining in 1996.
(5) She has a huge contribution towards the growth of this college,” Nawab told AFP.
(6) Nawab said Lobo had never been threatened and had completely integrated into the Pakistani way of life, adopting local dress and speaking Urdu fluently.
(7) We can never find her replacement and her contribution is immeasurable.” Nawab said Lobo, who is married to a Pakistani Christian, was hugely popular with students.
(8) They are everywhere, especially in the old city, where one finds the old forts, caravanserai, mosques and palaces of the Nawabs standing witness to a time that is fast giving way to modernity.
(9) He faces charges of failing to provide adequate security to Bhutto on her return, the alleged murder of Nawab Akbar Bugti, and treason in the case of his sacking of Pakistan's top judges in 2007.
(10) Did I ever tell you about the time I didn't smoke dope with the Nawab of Pataudi at Eton?
(11) In towns such as Saraqeb, the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish and Muthafar al‑Nawab and songs of love and struggle spread through the streets.