Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pundit"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pundit
n : someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly
field [syn: {initiate}, {learned person}, {savant}]
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