EGAVE

guru

About 5.13 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.
  2. noun Any general teacher .
  3. noun An influential advisor or mentor.
  4. noun A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.
  5. verb To act as a guru; to give wise advice

Similar words

mahatma sage bhakti monk friar evangelist pok teacher mentor preceptor

Often followed by

nanak gobind and granth is of arjan was in

Word family

gurus

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