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    swami

    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
    Related topics: Hinduism
    swa·mi /ˈswɑːmi/ noun [countable]  RRHa Hindu religious teacher 〔印度教的〕宗教教师
    Examples from the Corpus
    swami• Last night in the parking lot of the mall a swami with blond dreadlocks treated us to a levitation.• And at this point not even the most optimistic swamis are predicting a balanced budget until well into the twenty-first century.• Sunday newspapers bulge with advertisements from self-proclaimed geniuses and stock-picking swamis.• All the disciples were ranged around the swami on the platform.    Origin swami (1700-1800) Hindi svami, from Sanskrit svamin “owner, ruler”, from sva “one's own”
    swa·mi nounChineseSyllable
    teacher a religious Corpus Hindu


    swami
    swa‧mi /ˈswɑːmi/ noun [countable]
     Date: 1700-1800
     Language: Hindi
     Origin: svami, from Sanskrit svamin 'owner, ruler', from sva 'one's own'
    a Hindu religious teacher


    swamiBrE /ˈswɑːmi/ 🔊NAmE /ˈswɑːmi/ 🔊 noun (also used as a title 亦用作称号) a Hindu religious teacher 印度教宗教教师◆Swami Vivekananda维韦卡南达导师（法号辨喜）