Nabob (disambiguation)

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A nabob, an English form of "nawab", is a merchant-leader of high social status and wealth.

Nabob may also refer to:

Nabob (coffee), a brand of coffee in Canada
HMS Nabob (D77), a Bogue-class escort aircraft carrier
Nawab, the provincial governor or viceroy in the Mughal empire
Nabob was the name given to a prank compression program reported on early BBSs. It was purported to compress any file down to one byte.
The Nabob, play by the 18th-century English playwright Samuel Foote.

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