What does baboo mean?

baboo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

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"An embezzlement of government money to the extent of about Rs. 2,000 was discovered some time ago in the post-office here, between the baboo, mutsuddy and mohurrer."
"[…] and there would be various objections to trusting a native with the purport of such communications, even where some of the baboos, sircars, purvoes, and others of that genus, can converse with sufficient comprehensiveness in English […]"

baboos (plural)

babu

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