[ noun ] used as a Hindi courtesy title; equivalent to English `Mr' <noun.person>
Baboo \Ba"boo\, ||Babu \Ba"bu\ (b[aum]"b[=oo]), n. [Hind. b[=a]b[=u].] A Hindu gentleman; a native clerk who writes English; also, a Hindu title equivalent to the English Mr. or Esquire. --Whitworth.