Yoda definition

Etymology

Coined for the movie Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. Claimed to be from the word yoddha meaning "warrior" or the word yodea meaning "one who knows".

Proper noun

A wise, old Jedi Master in the Star Wars films, introduced in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back.
- 2006, Briton Hadden, Henry Robinson Luce, Time‎
  
  It wasn't uncommon to see therapists gazing at him between presentations as though he were Yoda.