Mahatma
noun
noun ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 In India or Tibet, a person thought to have great knowledge and love of humanity.
"Certain cults and individuals from the West look towards Tibet as the abode of mysterious Mahatmas and "Masters", and the home of the Great White Brotherhood."
- 2 (Hinduism) term of respect for a brahmin sage wordnet
Example
More examples"Mahatma Gandhi, the apostle of nonviolence, was born in 1869."
Etymology
Transliteration of Sanskrit महात्मा (mahātmā, “great spirit”).