PUNDIT

initiate, learned person, pundit, savant

(noun) someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pundit (plural pundits)

An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]

A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]

(historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary


Pun"dit, n. Etym: [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.]

Definition: A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written also pandit.] [India]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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