Definition of "baboon" []

• 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. (noun)
• Slang A brutish person; a boor. (noun)

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• "Is it racist if Rafiki the baboon is played by Patrick Ewing without any make-up in The Lion King?"
• "He claims that he was called a "baboon" and a "criminal" in a unit where racist language was allegedly commonplace."
• "In his defence, Herselman argued that the word baboon was common in conversational Afrikaans and had no malicious or bad intentions."