Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A source of opinion; a critic.
- noun A learned person.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A learned Brahman: one versed in the Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of India: as, formerly, the Pundits of the supreme court; by extension, any learned man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun India 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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun historical A native
surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly field
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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My twelve hundred page English Dictionary tells me "pundit" comes from the Hindu 'paydit' which is from the Sanskrit 'paydita', a learned man.
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But newspapers who run her columns and television programs that have turned to Coulter for colorful political commentary should consider whether this kind of pundit is what the public needs and deserves.
March 2004 2004
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Every unelected, non-partisan pundit is actually surprised at how moderate this administration has been.
Gregg defends GOP opposition, says Dems moving too far left 2010
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I think you could blend the ideas of the predictions registry and hypotheticals registry by creating a futures market in pundit predictions.
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It seems that in pundit-land, what you say is never evaluated for what it means on its face.
Matthew Yglesias » Conservatives Don’t Care About the Deficit 2010
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Anyone who believes a pundit is serving anything other than their own self interest is a fool.
Fueling speculation, Dobbs appears to soften on key issue 2009
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OH BOY -- Today in pundit fever dreams: Jeremy Lott writes at Daily Caller that Gray is a "free-spending throwback to uglier times" who "rode a wave of black resentment against [Adrian Fenty] 's supposed kowtowing to white interests" and "would move to gut Fenty's education reforms as a sop to the DC teachers 'union."
DeMorning DeBonis: Oct. 4, 2010 Mike DeBonis 2010
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To see him as a cosy or complacent pundit is unimaginable.
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To see him as a cosy or complacent pundit is unimaginable.
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To see him as a cosy or complacent pundit is unimaginable.
singlepayernow commented on the word pundit
yo yo yo that's me ghetto boy
December 8, 2007
oroboros commented on the word pundit
See pandit.
August 3, 2008
jinglebelljosie commented on the word pundit
an Indian teacher
August 16, 2008
heidikraut commented on the word pundit
and now it's any talking head that appears on the telly
May 5, 2009