'Pandit' definitions:
Definition of 'pandit'
From: 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]
Synonyms of 'pandit'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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