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Definition of Nabobesses
1. nabobess [n] - See also: nabobess
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nabobesses
Literary usage of Nabobesses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"... says he hopes to live long enough to be introduced as a friend to my fair
Indian disciple, and to see her eclipse all other nabobesses as much in wealth ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"... says he hopes to live long enough to be introduced as a friend to my fair
Indian disciple, and to see her eclipse all other nabobesses as much in wealth ..."
3. A Collection of Farces and Other Afterpieces: Which are Acted at the by Inchbald (1809)
"Aye, I must alter the disposition of my acres once more : I will have no nabobs
nor nabobesses in my family. Dup. By as much as a province is better ..."
4. The Life of Laurence Sterne by Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald (1864)
"... eclipse all other nabobesses as much in wealth as she already does in exterior."
And a " most sentimental afternoon till nine o'clock have we passed. ..."
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