different between arbitrator vs pundit

English

Alternative forms

• arbitratour (obsolete, rare)

Noun

arbitrator (plural arbitrators)

1. A person to whom the authority to settle or judge a dispute is delegated.

Synonyms

• arbiter

Related terms

Translations

References

• Arbitrator.com Information about arbitrators
• American Arbitration Association

Latin

Verb

arbitr?tor

1. second-person singular future active imperative of arbitror
2. third-person singular future active imperative of arbitror

References

• arbitrator in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arbitrator in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• arbitrator in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

English

Alternative forms

• pandit

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi ?????? (pa??it), from Sanskrit ?????? (pa??ita, “scholar, learned man, teacher, philosopher”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?p?n.d?t/
• Rhymes: -?nd?t

Noun

pundit (plural pundits)

1. An expert in a particular field, especially as called upon to provide comment or opinion in the media; a commentator, a critic. [from 19th c.]
   • 2006, The Observer, 4 Jun 2006:

     This week we introduce Jenny Walker, who will be The Observer's expert pundit for the duration of the World Cup.

2. A learned person in India; someone with knowledge of Sanskrit, philosophy, religion and law; a Hindu scholar. [from 17th c.]
   • 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘On the City Wall’, In Black and White, Folio Society 2005, p. 430:

     Pundits in black gowns, with spectacles on their noses and undigested wisdom in their insides; bearded headmen of the wards; [...] all these people and more also you might find in the white room.

3. (historical) A native surveyor in British India, trained to carry out clandestine surveillance beyond British borders.
   • 1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society 2010, p. 295:

     At every hundredth pace the Pundit would automatically slip one bead. Each complete circuit of the rosary thus represented ten thousand paces.

Derived terms

• punditocracy
• punditry

Translations

See also

• hafiz, hafez
• pandit
• qari'

Further reading

• pundit on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• undipt