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–noun

1.	any of various large, terrestrial monkeys of the genus Papio and related genera, of Africa and Arabia, having a doglike muzzle, large cheek pouches, and a short tail.

2.	a coarse, ridiculous, or brutish person, esp. one of low intelligence.

[Origin: 1275–1325; ME baboyne, babewyn grotesque figure, gargoyle, late ME: baboon (cf. AL babevynus) < MF babouin, akin to babine pendulous lip, deriv. of an expressive base *bab- grimace

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ba·boon·ish, adjective

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n.

Any of several large terrestrial African and Asian monkeys of the family Cercopithecidae, especially of the genus Papio or Chaeropithecus and related genera, characterized by an elongated, doglike muzzle, a short tail, and bare calluses on the buttocks.
Slang A brutish person; a boor.

[Middle English babewin, from Old French babuin, gaping figure, gargoyle, baboon, perhaps blend of Old French babine, muzzle, and babau, grimace.]

ba·boon'er·y n., ba·boon'ish adj.

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baboon

type of ape, c.1400, babewyn, earlier "a grotesque figure used in architecture or decoration" (c.1325), from O.Fr. babuin "ape, fool," and also "gaping figure (such as a gargoyle)," which may suggest an origin in O.Fr. baboue "grimacing," or perhaps it is imitative of the ape's babbling speech-like cries.

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baboon
noun
large terrestrial monkeys having doglike muzzles

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baboon [bəˈbuːn, (American) ba-] noun

a kind of large monkey with a dog-like face

Arabic:	الربّاح: سَعدان فريقي
Chinese (Simplified):	狒狒
Chinese (Traditional):	狒狒
Czech:	pavián
Danish:	bavian
Dutch:	baviaan
Estonian:	paavian
Finnish:	paviaani
French:	babouin
German:	der Pavian
Greek:	είδος μεγάλου πιθήκου
Hungarian:	pávián
Icelandic:	bavían
Indonesian:	babun
Italian:	babbuino

Japanese:	ひひ
Korean:	비비( )
Latvian:	paviāns
Lithuanian:	babuinas
Norwegian:	bavian
Polish:	pawian
Portuguese (Brazil):	babuíno
Portuguese (Portugal):	babuíno
Romanian:	babuin
Russian:	бабуин
Slovak:	pavián
Slovenian:	pavijan
Spanish:	mandril
Swedish:	babian
Turkish:	Habeş maymunu, şebek