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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Baboo

Baboo \Ba"boo\, ||Babu \Ba"bu\ (b[aum]"b[=oo]), n. [Hind. b[=a]b[=u].] A Hindu gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title equivalent to the English Mr. or Esquire.
--Whitworth.

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baboo

n. (dated form of babu English)

WordNet
baboo

n : used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' [syn: babu]

Wikipedia
Baboo

Baboo may refer to:

  • An alternate spelling of the Indian honorific Babu
  • Baboo (airline), an airline based in Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland
  • A villain in the Power Rangers fictional universe
Baboo (airline)

Fly Baboo SA, marketed as Baboo, was a regional airline based on the grounds of Geneva International Airport and in Grand-Saconnex, Switzerland. In November 2010, the company was saved from bankruptcy and acquired by Darwin Airline Group from Lugano.

Usage examples of "baboo".

Walking through a maze of stacked magazines and expired telephone books, she headed toward the mantel, where she saw a statue of Buddha resembling Baboo the Genie wearing balloony, CP Shades culottes.

Soon after Hastings received this letter, he heard that a fresh quarrel had arisen among the Mahratta chiefs at Poona, and that Baboo, at the head of a powerful faction, had declared for Ragoba, and had applied to the presidency of Bombay for assistance.

Hastings, conceiving that if the faction opposed to Baboo and Ragoba should prevail, the territories of Bombay would be in danger, proposed in council that every assistance should be given, and that an army should be forthwith sent from Calcutta and Bombay.

The next day the Bishop was taken to see a school founded by a rich Bengalee baboo, whom Mr.

A career woman, marital artist, take-no-prisoners gal who now got mushy whenever her little baboo smiled at her.