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1. babu, n. View full entry 1763
...A title of respect typically appended (sometimes prefixed) to the surname of a Hindu man....
2. chav, n. View full entry 1998
...In the United Kingdom (originally the south of England): a young person of a type characterized by brash and loutish behaviour and the wearing of designer-style clothes (esp. sportswear); usually with connotations...
3. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
4. jungle, n. View full entry 1776
...In India, originally, as a native word, Waste or uncultivated ground (= ‘forest’ in the original sense); then, such land overgrown with brushwood, long grass, etc.; hence, in Anglo-Indian use:...
5. mullah, n. View full entry 1613
...Chiefly in Turkish-, Persian-, and Urdu-speaking regions: a person who is learned in Islamic theology and law; a Muslim cleric. Freq. as a title....
6. nabob, n. View full entry 1612
...= nawab1. Now hist....
7. parangi, n. View full entry 1821
...In Sri Lanka: a contagious tropical disease, yaws. Now rare or hist....
8. soor, n.2 View full entry 1848
...A term of abuse for a person: pig, swine....
