n. préfet, directeur régional, vice-roi (en inde), gouverneur (en inde), personne qui a du succès et qui devient riche en inde; seigneur, maître; personne très riche; personne d'une grande importance, grand bonnet
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Canadian aircraft mechanics had been trained in the UK during the war serving on British aircraft carriers, notably HMS Puncher and Nabob which along with some Canadian pilots, the RCN crewed and operated for the RN. Les mécaniciens et aviateurs canadiens furent formés en Angleterre et servirent durant la guerre sur des porte-avions de la Royal Navy, en particulier sur les HMS Puncher (en) et HMS Nabob.
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Holden Furber, "In the Footsteps of a German 'Nabob': William Bolts in the Swedish Archives", The Indian Archives, vol.12, nos.1-2, January–December 1958; reprinted in Holden Furber, Private Fortunes and Company Profits in the India Trade in the 18th Century, edited by Rosane Rocher, Aldershot and Brookfield, Variorum, 1997, Variorum Collected Studies CS569). Holden Furber, « In the Footsteps of a German ‘Nabob’: William Bolts in the Swedish Archives », The Indian Archives, vol.12, nos.1-2, January–December 1958 ; reprinted in Holden Furber, Private Fortunes and Company Profits in the India Trade in the 18th Century, edited by Rosane Rocher, Aldershot and Brookfield, Variorum, 1997, Variorum Collected Studies CS569).
