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babu

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Noun
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ba=bu

CIDE DICTIONARY

babun. [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.

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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