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roshi

roshi noun: an elderly and revered Buddhist monk.

Noun

roshi (plural roshis)

  1. An elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
    • A good abbot or roshi couldn't care less about power, and a truly enlightened philosopher-prince like the emperor Asoka of ancient India would become more interested in compassion for the suffering of humanity than in power over the states of the world.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 227

Forms of roshi

pluralroshis

Origin of roshi

Borrowed from Japanese 老師 (rōshi).

Questions about roshi

What does roshi mean?
Roshi means an elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
What part of speech is roshi?
Roshi is a noun.
What is the plural of roshi?
The plural of roshi is roshis.

Words near roshi in the dictionary

  1. Roshan
  2. roshchinite
  3. Roshei Chodashim
  4. Rosher
  5. Rosherville
  6. roshi
  7. Roshidere
  8. roshis
  9. roshogolla
  10. roshogollas
  11. Roshven

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