guru : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: guru	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for guru
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
guru n a Hindu or Buddhist religious leader and spiritual teacher each of the first ten leaders of the Sikh religion a recognized leader in some field or of some movement; "a guru of genomics"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
d8Gooroo \[d8]Gooroo"\, Guru* \Guru"\, n. [Hind. gur[?] a spiritual parent or teacher, Skr. guru* heavy, noble, venerable, teacher. Cf. {Grief}.] A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor amoung the Hindoos. --Malcom.
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
guru n. [Unix] An expert. 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'. See {source of all good bits}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
guru 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". See {source of all good bits}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-06-01)