nawab

/nəˈwɑːb/noun
Middle School
1

A Muslim official in South Asia acting as a provincial deputy ruler under the Mughal empire; a local governor.

2

Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Polyura (possibly a subgenus of genus Charaxes).

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