English noun: guru | |||
1. | guru (person) a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious leader | ||
Domain category | Buddhism, Hindooism, Hinduism | ||
2. | Guru (person) each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion | ||
Broader (hypernym) | religious leader | ||
Domain category | Sikhism | ||
3. | guru (person) a recognized leader in some field or of some movement | ||
Samples | A guru of genomics. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | leader | ||