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What is a babu?

What is a babu? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A Hindu title of respect, equivalent to Mr., usually appended to the surname of a Hindu man [from 18th c.]
  2. (often depreciative, now chiefly historical) A Hindu gentleman or official, later especially an Indian office worker. [from 19th c.]
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Why should I wait for some babu to be available to get things rolling?
Shamsur Rabb KhanDelhiSIR – Battling the babu raj is more arduous than eliminating poverty in India.
Many of the more experienced contenders have spent decades trying to convince an obstinate babu that they are not dead as shown in Government records.
Their fantasy of Englishness did not include the literary Bengali babu, for whom they felt contempt and distrust.
No, we are not saying that some famous Bengali babu is coming here to enlighten us on the finer aspects of their admirably rich tradition.
She had said herself that a babu read English books to her aloud.

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