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babu

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

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" To the left," said the babu, and Warrington made note of the fact that they were not so very far away from the House- of- the- Eight- Half- brothers. - "Winds of the World", Talbot Mundy.
" The Voice has spoken, babu," he said, not ungently, " and I have heard." - "The Bronze Bell", Louis Joseph Vance.
9. " Babu" is a term of respect, like " Father" or " Mister," but has also meant in colonial days a person who understands some English. - "The Home and the World", Rabindranath Tagore.

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