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What is a nabob?

What is a nabob? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. An Indian ruler within the Mogul empire; a nawab.
  2. (by extension) Someone of great wealth or importance.
  3. (by extension) A person with a grandiose style or manner.
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One nabob even seems to have commandeered the challenge to reignite an old grudge.
First of all, the nabob offered it to the heydukes one by one.
It's very easy to believe that, had he cared to try, Stallman might have become as rich as Steve Jobs, Larry Ellison, Bill Gates, or any other Silicon Valley nabob.
Nawab, English nabob, deputy ruler, or viceroy, under the Mughal rule of India.
She is happily married to an Irish nabob, Eamon, whose Midas touch makes even his goyishness forgivable.
Thus the word nabob came to mean someone of great wealth or unusual prominence.

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