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Linguist - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Linguist : (noun)
1: a specialist in linguistics [syn: linguistic scientist]
2: a person who speaks more than one language [syn: polyglot]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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Example Usage of Linguist |
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