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Webster 1913 Edition


Pundit

Pun′dit

,
Noun.
[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]

Webster 1828 Edition


Pundit

PUN'DIT

,
Noun.
In Hindoostan, a learned Bramin; one versed in the Sanscrit language, and in the science, laws and religion of that country.