Usually means: Expert guiding others with knowledge.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. guru: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. guru: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. guru: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Guru, guru: Vocabulary.com
  5. Guru, guru: Wordnik
  6. guru: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. guru: Wiktionary
  8. guru: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. guru: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. guru: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. guru: Dictionary.com
  12. guru: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. guru: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. GuRu (book), Guru (Ghanaian rapper), Guru (disambiguation), Guru (film), Guru (rapper), Guru (soundtrack), Guru, The Guru (album), The Guru (movie), The Guru, .guru: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Guru: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. guru: Rhymezone
  17. Guru: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. guru: Free Dictionary
  19. guru: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. guru: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  21. guru: Dictionary/thesaurus
  22. guru: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. guru: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
  2. guru: Computer Telephony & Electronics Dictionary and Glossary
  3. Guru (sociology), guru: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Guru (sociology), guru: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. GURU: Acronym Finder
  2. guru: A Word A Day
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Glossary of spiritual and religious terms (No longer online)
  2. Irivng Hexham's Concise Dictionary of Religion (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. guru: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. guru: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. guru: Glossary of Sanskrit Terms in Integral Yoga Literature

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. guru: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  In Indian traditions: a spiritual teacher who transmits knowledge to a shishya.
noun:  (India) Any general teacher (as a term of respect).
noun:  (sometimes humorous) An influential advisor or mentor.
noun:  (derogatory) A fraudster or conman relying on a projected air of confidence in an obscure field.
verb:  To act as a guru; to give wise advice

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