Buddhist

Buddhist
Buddhist 1810, from BUDDHA (Cf. Buddha) + -IST (Cf. -ist). An earlier word in this sense was a direct borrowing of Skt. Bauddha "follower of Buddha" (1801 in Eng.), hence early erroneous hybrid forms such as Boudhist, Bauddhist.

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