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Definition of Baboo
1. Noun. Used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English 'Mr'.
Definition of Baboo
1. n. A Hindoo gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindoo title answering to Mr. or Esquire.
Definition of Baboo
1. a Hindu gentleman [n -BOOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Baboo
Literary usage of Baboo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Village, Town, and Jungle Life in India by A. C. Newcombe (1905)
"But there is something rather different in baboo English. It is not that mistakes
are made, so much as that the words and phrases, though indicating clearly ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"... baboo, until the money should be paid ; at which time it was to be delivered
... baboo for the bond, he at first promised, that it should be delivered, ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1870)
"WHO on earth, of living men, I doubt if even one in ten Knows baboo ... CHUNDER SEN
P Let's beard this " lion" in his den — This baboo ..."
4. Tales of the Malayan Coast: From Penang to the Philippines by Rounsevelle Wildman (1899)
"baboo catch tail, run too. Kuching go long ways. baboo 'fraid Aboo Din whip and
tell kuching must go back. Kuching pick baboo up in mouth when baboo let go. ..."
5. Things Indian: Being Discursive Notes on Various Subjects Connected with India by William Crooke (1906)
"The term baboo, really a respectful form of address, used in North-east India,
has come to be appro- ..."
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