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linguist |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Linguist \Lin"guist\ (l[i^][ng]"gw[i^]st), n. [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf F. linguiste.] 1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.] I'll dispute with him He's a rare linguist. --J. Webster. 2. A person skilled in languages. There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: linguist n 1: a specialist in linguistics [syn: {linguistic scientist}] 2: a person who speaks more than one language [syn: {polyglot}]
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