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gu·ru

   [goor-oo, goo-roo]
noun
1.
Hinduism. a preceptor giving personal religious instruction.
2.
an intellectual or spiritual guide or leader.
3.
any person who counsels or advises; mentor: The elder senator was her political guru.
4.
a leader in a particular field: the city's cultural gurus.
Origin:
1820–30; < Hindi gurū < Sanskrit guru venerable, weighty

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gu·ru·ship, noun

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  • She often received standing ovations from mothers and fathers who would line up to meet the guru with the bright red hair.
  • Not many management gurus have their name adopted for a principle, especially when they are not really a guru at all.
  • What the guru says is right if you believe otherwise you are an idiot, is the philosophy that governs this pseudo-science.
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Na·nak

   [nah-nuhk]
noun
(“Guru”), 1469–1539, Indian religious leader: founder of Sikhism.
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guru (ˈɡʊruː, ˈɡuːruː)
 
—n
1.  a Hindu or Sikh religious teacher or leader, giving personal spiritual guidance to his disciples
2.  derogatory often a leader or chief theoretician of a movement, esp a spiritual or religious cult
3.  facetious often a leading authority in a particular field: a cricketing guru
 
[C17: from Hindi gurū, from Sanskrit guruh weighty]
 
'guruship
 
—n

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guru
1800, gooroo, from Hindi guru "teacher, priest," from Skt. guru-s "one to be honored, teacher," lit. "heavy, weighty," from PIE base *gru- (see grave (adj.)). Generalized sense of "mentor" is from 1940; sense of "expert in something" first recorded c.1966 in Canadian Eng.
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Cultural Dictionary
guru [(goor-ooh, goo-rooh)]

In Hinduism, a teacher or spiritual leader.

Note: By extension, a “guru” is a teacher who attracts disciples or followers.
The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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guru definition

[ˈguru]
  1. n.
    an experienced LSDuser who guides someone else on a trip. : Wilmer volunteered to serve as a guru, but he never showed up.
  2. n.
    a stockbroker or other financial advisor. (Securities markets.) : My guru says to sell all my bonds.
  3. n.
    a psychiatrist; a psychotherapist. : I've started using my mirror for a guru. It's cheaper.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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guru definition

job
An expert, especially in "Unix guru". Implies not only wizard skill but also a history of being a knowledge resource for others. Less often, used (with a qualifier) for other experts on other systems, as in "VMS guru".
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(1996-06-01)

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