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pun·dit

(pŭn′dĭt)

1. A source of opinion; a critic: a political pundit.

2. A learned person.

3. Hinduism Variant of pandit.

[Hindi paṇḍit, learned man, from Sanskrit paṇḍitaḥ, learned, scholar, perhaps of Dravidian origin.]

pun′dit·ry n.

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pundit

(ˈpʌndɪt)

1. an expert

2. (Education) (formerly) a learned person

3. (Hinduism) Also called: pandit a Brahman learned in Sanskrit and, esp in Hindu religion, philosophy or law

[C17: from Hindi pandit, from Sanskrit pandita learned man, from pandita learned]

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pun•dit

(ˈpʌn dɪt)

n.

1. a learned person; an expert or authority.

2. a person who makes comments or judgments in an authoritative manner.

3. pandit.

[1665–75; < Hindi paṇḍit < Skt paṇḍita learned man, (adj.) learned]

pun′dit•ry, n.

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Noun

pundit - someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field

learned person, savant, initiate

polymath - a person of great and varied learning

bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

pundit

noun expert, guru, maestro, buff (informal), boffin (Brit. informal), wonk (informal), fundi (S. African), one of the cognoscenti, (self-appointed) expert or authority a well-known political pundit

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pundit

noun

A usually elderly person noted for wisdom, knowledge, and judgment:

sage, savant, scholar.

Translations

odborníkučenecvzdělanec

pandit

panditstručnjakučenjakznanstvenik

írástudópanditspecialistaszakértő

esperto

pundit

[ˈpʌndɪt] N → experto/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

pundit

[ˈpʌndɪt] n → pontem → grand ponte m

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pundit

n (lit) → Pandit m; (fig) → Experte m, → Expertin f

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pundit

[ˈpʌndɪt] n (iro) → esperto/a, sapientone/a

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A sleek young gentleman from Delhi, armed with a bunch of keys which the Flower had unshackled from the senseless one's belt, went through every single box, bundle, mat, and saddle-bag in Mahbub's possession even more systematically than the Flower and the pundit were searching the owner.

'Nay - in a matter touching Five Kings it would be next his black heart,' said the pundit. 'Was there nothing?'

'They did not say he was the very man,' said the pundit thoughtfully.

'They have not yet come in,' said the pundit. 'Thou must ensnare them later.'

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