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pundit — pun‧dit [ˈpʌndɪt] noun [countable] someone who is often asked to give their opinion about a subject on television, in the newspapers etc: • Over the last three years the pundits have been forecasting that the economy will grow. * * * pundit UK US … Financial and business terms
Pundit — may refer to:* Pundit (expert), an expert or opinion leader who analyzes events in an area of expertise in the popular media * Pundit (explorer), a 19th century term to denote native surveyors who explored regions to the north of India for the… … Wikipedia
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pundit — (Pandit), ind. Titel für solche, die sich gelehrten, namentlich religiösen Studien widmen, etwa unserm Doktor entsprechend. Insbesondere werden »Punditen« eingeborne Inder genannt, die, von den Engländern zu Geodäten ausgebildet, in Tibet und… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Pundit — Pundit, s. Pandit … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
pundit — 1670s, learned Hindu, especially one versed in Sanskrit lore, from Hindi payndit a learned man, master, teacher, from Skt. payndita s a learned man, scholar, of unknown origin. Broader application in Eng. is first recorded 1816 … Etymology dictionary
pundit — is a general term meaning ‘a learned expert or teacher’ (often slightly disparaging in tone and giving way to guru in more favourable contexts), but Pandit is the form used when prefixed to the name of a learned Hindu (e.g. Pandit Nehru). Both… … Modern English usage
pundit — [n] person who is authority auger, bookworm, brain*, buff, cereb*, cognoscenti, egghead*, expert, intellectual, learned one, philosopher, professor, savant, scholar, solon, teacher, thinker; concept 423 Ant. amateur … New thesaurus
pundit — ► NOUN ▪ an authority who frequently pronounces on a subject in public. DERIVATIVES punditry noun. ORIGIN from a Sanskrit word meaning learned … English terms dictionary
pundit — [pun′dit] n. [Hindi paṇḍit < Sans paṇḍita, a learned person, orig., learned] 1. var. of PANDIT 2. a person who has or professes to have great learning; actual or self professed authority punditry n … English World dictionary
