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nabobess|ˈneɪbɒbɪs| [f. prec. + -ess1.] A female nabob; the wife of a nabob.
1767Sterne Lett. lxxxiii. §1 He hopes..to see her eclipse all other Nabobesses..in wealth. 1779Burgoyne Maid of the Oaks iv. i, I will have no nabobs nor nabobesses in my family. 1807in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. XI. 6, I wonder why that old Nabobess, Mrs. Hargrave, left him her immense fortune. 1847Mirror June 354/2 Let me hope the nabobess will give me due notice. |