pandit

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pandit \Pan"dit\, n.
   Same as {Pundit}.
   [1913 Webster]
    
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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