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babu
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun babu has 1 sense
- babu(n = noun.person) baboo - used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr'; Array is a kind of adult male, man
CIDE DICTIONARY
babu, n. [Hind. bāb.].
A Hindu gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title equivalent to the English Mr. or Esquire . Whitworth. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
babu, n. (also baboo) Ind.
1 a title of respect, esp. to Hindus.
2 derog. formerly, an English-writing Indian clerk.
1 a title of respect, esp. to Hindus.
2 derog. formerly, an English-writing Indian clerk.
Etymology
Hindi babu
ROGET THESAURUS
babu
Recorder
N recorder, notary, clerk, registrar, registrary, register, prothonotary, amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls, annalist, historian, historiographer, chronicler, journalist, biographer, antiquary, memorialist, interviewer.
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