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Babu   /bɑbˈu/   Listen
Babu

noun
1.
Used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English 'Mr'.  Synonym: baboo.






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"Babu" Quotes from Famous Books



... in regard to that paradise were not to be realised. The evil passions of a wicked man, with whom he had personally nothing whatever to do, interfered with his plans. In the middle of the night a native Malay youth named Babu arrived at the village and demanded an interview with the chief. That worthy, after the interview, conducted the youth to the hut where his visitors lived, and, rousing Van der Kemp without disturbing the others, bade him listen to what the ...
— Blown to Bits - The Lonely Man of Rakata, the Malay Archipelago • R.M. Ballantyne



Words linked to "Babu" :   man, baboo, adult male



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