Thesaurus: pundit
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.
Related headwords
brahmandefinitioncashmeredefinitionclerkdefinitionESPdefinitionlanguagedefinitionlawsdefinitionlearneddefinitionmandefinitionnativedefinitionofficialdefinitionreligiondefinitionsciencedefinitionteacherdefinitionverseddefinitionadmitteddefinitionfielddefinitionhindoosdefinitionindiadefinitionmembershipdefinitionsanskritdefinitionscholarlydefinitionsomeonedefinitionwrittendefinitionpanditdefinitionpunditsfamilypunctulateneighborpunctulatedneighborpunctumneighbor
Definitions
- n. 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.
- n. someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
- 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]
- A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in theSanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of theHindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official. [Written alsopandit.] [India]
- n:100 n someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field