Modern English usage. 2014.
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 — index mastermind Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
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 — [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
