buddha Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun founder of Buddhism; worshipped as a god (c 563-483 BC)
    Siddhartha; Gautama; Gautama Buddha; Gautama Siddhartha.
  2. noun one who has achieved a state of perfect enlightenment

WordNet

Bud"dha noun
Etymology
Skr. buddha wise, sage, fr. budh to know.
Definitions
  1. The title of an incarnation of self-abnegation, virtue, and wisdom, or a deified religious teacher of the Buddhists, esp. Gautama Siddartha or Sakya Sinha (or Muni), the founder of Buddhism.

Webster 1913