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Preferred term

Nabobs  

Definition

  • wealthy, influential, or powerful landowners or other persons, esp. with extravagantly luxurious lifestyles; spec. (now hist.) British persons who acquired large fortunes in India during the period of British rule [OED, alt.]

Notation

  • 122555

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-FMV9PV7X-9

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