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A now-rare epithet derived from the
Sinclair Lewis
book of the same name; it can be loosely defined as an uncultured, "square", typically middle-aged and middle-class businessman characterized by timidity and ignorance of their
Philistinism
.)
A type of bearing. See
Bearing (mechanical)
,
Babbitt Metal
.
Bruce Babbitt
(born 1938), United States Secretary of the Interior during the Clinton administration.
Milton Babbitt
(born 1916), American composer of serial and electronic music.
Babbit
is rumored to be the source word for
Tolkien
's ''hobbit.''
Babbitt
, a city in the
U.S. State
of
Minnesota
.