pundit
pundit is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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 (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academician
- academist
- accessory
- admirable
- adviser
- advocate
- and
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- archaeologist
- assistant
- association
- attorney
- banco
- bar
- barrister
- beagle
- bencher
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bigwig
- bluestocking
- bookworm
- call
- civilian
- clerk
- connoisseur
- consult
- conveyancer
- counsel
- court
- cursitor
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- draftsman
- education
- equity
- esquire
- feet
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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