'Pundit' definitions:

Definition of 'pundit'

(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field [syn: initiate, learned person, pundit, savant]

Definition of 'Pundit'

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 'pundit'

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