BABOO

babu, baboo

(noun) used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English ‘Mr’

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

baboo (plural baboos)

Dated form of babu.

Source: Wiktionary


Ba"boo, Ba"bu, n. Etym: [Hind. bab ]

Definition: A Hindoo gentleman; native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire. Whitworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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