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babu

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ba=bu

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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

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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]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

babu, n. (also baboo) Ind.
1 a title of respect, esp. to Hindus.
2 derog. formerly, an English-writing Indian clerk.

Etymology

Hindi babu

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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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