babu
बाबू
definition
noun
I could see Kana-babu's shop
a respectful title or form of address for a man, especially an educated one.
example
Click your mobile camera for our police 'babu' dozing off at night duty.
Dilip had already done a market survey, and located potential customers, usually villagers who were in the process of building houses - like Ghosh 'babu' .
he was a typical 'babu', polite and faintly scornful
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.’
Confusion prevailed even at the gates with each passing 'babu' passing orders to the gate keeper to allow or restrict the entry of people.
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.
Why should I wait for some 'babu' to be available to get things rolling?
How many 'babu' 's would lose jobs if slums ceased to exist?
Their fantasy of Englishness did not include the literary Bengali 'babu' , for whom they felt contempt and distrust.
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.
The college in which we studied was in some ways an incubation chamber for 'babus' .
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