Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pundit \Pun"dit\, n. [Hind. pandit, Skr. pandita a learned man.]
   A learned man; a teacher; esp., a Brahman versed in the
   Sanskrit language, and in the science, laws, and religion of
   the Hindoos; in Cashmere, any clerk or native official.
   [Written also {pandit}.] [India]

Source : WordNet®

pundit
     n : someone who has been admitted to membership in a scholarly
         field [syn: {initiate}, {learned person}, {savant}]