pandit
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
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
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