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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. An English spelling of guru.

Wiktionary

  1. n. Obsolete form of guru.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A spiritual teacher, guide, or confessor among the Hindus; a guru.
  2. n. one who has expert knowledge of a technical area and serves as an advisor to others; an expert and teacher. Usually written guru.
  3. n. an intellectual or spiritual guide or advisor; a mentor. Usually written guru.

Examples

  • “We also passed a village to the left, containing about twenty houses, here a Nai gooroo, or person of rank, resides, and here I also got fruit-bearing specimens of Abies pendula.”

    Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries

  • “That unhappy speculator in seersuckers and castor-oil died in prison, and a _gooroo_ (that is, a spiritual teacher) feed by the Baboo, desolated his last hour with the assurance that he should transmigrate into the bodies of seven generations of _gharree_-horses, and drag _feringhee_ sailormen, in a state of beer, from the ghauts to the punch-houses, all his miserable lives.”

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858

  • “Gokool refused to prostrate himself at his feet while he should put his foot on his head; for which his gooroo was displeased ...”

    Life of William Carey

  • “While we were there, Gokool's gooroo (teacher) came for the first time since his losing caste.”

    Life of William Carey

  • “Krishna Pal had come over with his household, like the Philippian, and at once became his own and their gooroo or priest.”

    Life of William Carey

  • “For sixteen years Krishna Pal was himself a gooroo of the Ghospara sect, of which from Carey's to Duff's earlier days the missionaries had a hope which proved vain.”

    Life of William Carey

  • “Do you think this attitude goes hand-in-hand with the fear many adults have of making art (perhaps intimidated by not being able to make something "good")? baby gooroo® is an online community where parents and health professionals share knowledge and access timely information.”

    HS Blog - Homeschool Blog

  • “baby gooroo began in 2000 as a small publishing company.”

    The Huffington Post: Matt Spangler: All In The Family

  • “To: Pacothecat; TEXOKIE; The Grim Freeper; TheForceOfOne; the-gooroo;”

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  • “To: Tennessee Nana; TEXOKIE; The Grim Freeper; TheForceOfOne; the-gooroo;”

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