Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Hinduism A religious teacher.
- n. A mystic; a yogi.
- n. Used as a form of address for such a person.
Wiktionary
- n. A Hindu religious teacher.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a Hindu religious teacher; used as a title of respect
Etymologies
- Hindi svāmī, master, swami, from Sanskrit, being one's own master, possessing proprietary rights; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
““But kid,” called the swami, “don't look at the fourth wall!””
“And Nityananda's "disciple", the actress Ranjitha, has said that her videographed romp with the so-called swami was her "service and offering to him".”
“A swami is a monk exclusively dedicated to God's service.”
“The Hindu swami was killed but I want to say that he is called a swami but his affiliation and placement there was with the extremist Hindu Vashwa Parishad, he was national vice president.”
“The general secretary of the temple trust said the so-called swami never visited the temple after 2003.”
“swami" - is disastrous for pretty much every kind of business: it's wasteful for large companies and potentially fatal for start-ups.”
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
“He is revered because of his title ( "swami") and his vow to forsake sex and material possessions, which is considered the highest level of spiritual purity and devotion.”
The Washington Post: A World Apart: My uncle is a Hare Krishna spiritual master
“The media gathered there as the 'swami' earlier phoned a TV journalist and told her that he was going to shoot himself at his residence following which police were tipped-off.”
“Those on whom I am divinely directed to bestow the title of" swami "never cast it off. ”
“I am putting on my swami hat and predicting that this year is the year of change and progress for you.”
Happy Valentine’s Day & Chinese New Year — Fusion Despatches
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘swami’.
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POL - people in power
daredevil, tzar, king, boss, master, commander, chief, kingpin, top banana, bigwig, big cheese, big wheel and 452 more...
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Ideas
brainchild, inspiration, muse, genius, eureka, discovery, intellectual prop..., intangible asset, goodwill, patented, savant, brainiac and 76 more...
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word tank
a couple words
logolepsy, nefarious, quintessential, tintinnabulation, serendipity, rhapsody, palimpsest, panoply, mellifluous, imbue, loquacious, garrulous and 174 more...
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The braggadocio recipe
A selection of English* words ending with a vowel (except "y", "ea", ie", "ee", "oo", "ea", "ou") that is REALLY pronounced.
My favorite English words, by the way.
The good twin of The ...braggadocio, recipe, encyclopedia, solo, gnu, flu, maybe, apocope, mini, arrhythmia, folio, stereo and 197 more...
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NTDW1
template, modal, sublingual, tandem, polycentric, septuagenarian, token, irrevocable, denotive, augural, aberrant, phlebotomy and 1188 more...
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breeze debris
autodidact, hollographic, neurotheology, pensive, grapple, nondual, integral, phantasmagoria, burnished, capacious, ginger, astral and 120 more...
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Take Me To Your Whosit
About leaders, particularly the authority-figure at the top of the tree.
leader, chief, boss, cap'n, executive, president, head, tsar, alpha male, alpha female, conductor, dean and 127 more...
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fbharjo's Words
jumelle, kef, kenspeckle, lautitious, essentic, pilpulistic, impavid, cicurant, clou, chrysostomic, miasma, teleology and 1625 more...
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Amusing words
interesting words
bonce, furcate, tapioca, tillage, desalinate, garish, litmus, roadhog, azoic, haberdasher, imbroglio, polliwog and 802 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1695 more...
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jules07d's Words
apotheosize, rubicund, occult, esoteric, libation, soporific, austere, reticence, bevy, conclave, capricious, vexation and 47 more...
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I'd Be Honoured To Do This List
honorifics. might park some formal titles here too until there are enough to spawn another list.
tuan, puan, dr, earl, miss, master, mr, mrs, ms, mx, your highness, your honour and 67 more...
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enchantment, stirring, longing, elixir, natty, skedaddle, lachrymose, gyre, dandi-prat, hobgoblins, maw, derelict and 5 more...
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For a Higher Power
Holy men (and women).
priest, bishop, deacon, archbishop, cardinal, pope, abbot, monk, nun, chaplain, cleric, friar and 32 more...
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danke's Words
recalcitrant, indigenous, atavistic, insurgent, hardy, laidback, mystic, brahmin, boston, melanin, pigmentation, epidermal and 75 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for swami.
vanishedone Modern Mechanix: 'Swami, by itself, reacts like any other object: supported at one end only—it falls. But, add a fairly heavy belt, as shown in the photo, and it will not only stay up but actually take quite a bit of extra pressure to make it tilt down, even slightly.' May 10, 2009