Definition of babu in English:
babu
nounPlural babus ˈbɑːbuːˈbäbo͞o
Indian 1A respectful title or form of address for a man, especially an educated one.
I could see Kana-babu's shop
Example sentencesExamples
- Dilip had already done a market survey, and located potential customers, usually villagers who were in the process of building houses - like Ghosh babu.
- Their fantasy of Englishness did not include the literary Bengali babu, for whom they felt contempt and distrust.
- Right at that moment, a young boy, hardly 20 or even younger, looked up at me and said sardonically, ‘To propitiate the gods, babu, we do not have to look up these days.’
- 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.
- The college in which we studied was in some ways an incubation chamber for babus.
- 1.1 An office worker.
he was a typical babu, polite and faintly scornful
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- 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.
- Confusion prevailed even at the gates with each passing babu passing orders to the gate keeper to allow or restrict the entry of people.
- How many babu's would lose jobs if slums ceased to exist?
- Click your mobile camera for our police babu dozing off at night duty.
- Why should I wait for some babu to be available to get things rolling?
Origin
From Hindi bābū, literally 'father'.