(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:01:08

Ba"boo, Ba"bu (?), n. [Hind. bab ]

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

Whitworth.

 

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