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Guru

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Noun

1. guru

a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher

2. guru

each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion

3. guru

a recognized leader in some field or of some movement

Example Sentences:
'a guru of genomics'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Guru

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noun
1. 
a Hindu or Sikh religious teacher or leader, giving personal spiritual guidance to his disciples
2. often derogatory
a leader or chief theoretician of a movement, esp a spiritual or religious cult
3. often facetious
a leading authority in a particular field
a cricketing guru

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Guru

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noun
1. 
in Hinduism, one's personal spiritual advisor or teacher
2. 
any leader highly regarded by a group of followers
sometimes used derisively

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Guru

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n. pl. gu·rus
1. In Hinduism and Tibetan Buddhism, a personal spiritual teacher.
2.
a. Any of the ten successive spiritual teachers who developed Sikhism between the 16th and 18th centuries.
b. Guru See Guru Granth Sahib.
3.
a. A trusted counselor and adviser; a mentor.
b. A popular or influential leader or advocate, as of a movement or idea: "In a culture that worships slimness, he was the Guru of Lean" (Erica Abeel).

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