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baboo

/bəˈbuː/

/bəˈbu/

Translations

baboonoun

baboos

/bəˈbuː/

/bəˈbu/

The baboo was known for his administrative skills in the colonial office.

Бабу был известен своими административными навыками в колониальном офисе.

Additional translations

Synonyms

native official

administrative officer

government clerk

civil servant

babooadjective

/bəˈbuː/

Used attributively to describe language or practices characteristic of Indian clerks or bureaucratic pedantry.

baboonoun

Historical, South Asia: a respectful title or form of address for a Hindu gentleman, placed before the given name; by extension, such a gentleman.

Baboo Rajendra Nath greeted the visitors at the gate.

Historical, often derogatory: an Indian clerk or minor bureaucrat, especially one regarded as pedantic or obstructionist.

The report was stuck on the baboo's desk for weeks.

babooadjective

Relating to or characteristic of Indian clerks or their ornate, pedantic style (especially of English usage).

The letter was written in stiff, baboo English.