Pandit

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pandit \Pan"dit\, n.
     Same as {Pundit}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Pundit \Pun"dit\, n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.]
     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]
     [1913 Webster]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "pandit":
     abecedarian, certified teacher, docent, doctor, dominie, don,
     educationist, educator, fellow, guide, guru, instructor, maestro,
     master, melamed, mentor, mullah, pedagogist, pedagogue, preceptor,
     professor, pundit, rabbi, schoolkeeper, schoolmaster,
     schoolteacher, starets, teacher