GURU

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• GURU (noun)
  The noun GURU has 3 senses:

1. a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

2. each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion

3. a recognized leader in some field or of some movement

  Familiarity information: GURU used as a noun is uncommon.

• GURU (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("guru" is a kind of...):

religious leader (leader of a religious order)

Domain category:

Hindooism; Hinduism (a body of religious and philosophical beliefs and cultural practices native to India and based on a caste system; it is characterized by a belief in reincarnation, by a belief in a supreme being of many forms and natures, by the view that opposing theories are aspects of one eternal truth, and by a desire for liberation from earthly evils)

Buddhism (the teaching of Buddha that life is permeated with suffering caused by desire, that suffering ceases when desire ceases, and that enlightenment obtained through right conduct and wisdom and meditation releases one from desire and suffering and rebirth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Guru" is a kind of...):

religious leader (leader of a religious order)

Domain category:

Sikhism (the doctrines of a monotheistic religion founded in northern India in the 16th century by Guru Nanak and combining elements of Hinduism and Islam)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A recognized leader in some field or of some movement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Context example:

a guru of genomics

Hypernyms ("guru" is a kind of...):

leader (a person who rules or guides or inspires others)