Nob
/nɒb/noun
A slang word for a person of high social status; also a knob or lump in some dialects.
Did you know?In some English dialects, nob meant “head,” and the same root survives in words like knob, where a bump or rounded top literally echoes the shape of a head.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
nob
“A head or top; a rounded lump or peak in dialectal use”
Middle English
ME
nobbe
“A head, knob, or projecting lump”
18th Century
English
nob
“Slang for a person of wealth or high social standing”
Modern English
English
nob
“A socially superior person; also a dialect word for a head or lump”