Baboon Definition
bă-bo͝on
baboons
noun
Any of several large terrestrial African and Arabian monkeys of the genus Papio, having an elongated doglike muzzle and bare calluses on the buttocks.
American Heritage
Any of various large, fierce, short-tailed Old World monkeys (mainly genus Papio) of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike snout and long teeth, a large head with cheek pouches, and bare calluses on the rump.
Webster's New World
A brutish person; a boor.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Baboon
Noun
Singular:
baboon
Plural:
baboonsOrigin of Baboon
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From Middle English babewin, baboin, from Old French babouin, from baboue (“grimace, muzzle”), of Germanic origin, related to German dialectal Bäppe (“muzzle”), Middle High German beffen (“to bark”), Middle English baffen (“to bark”). See also baff, baffle.
From Wiktionary
Middle English babewin from Old French babuin gaping figure, gargoyle, baboon perhaps blend of Old French babine muzzle, babau grimace
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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