'Linguist' definitions:

Definition of 'linguist'

(from WordNet)
noun
A specialist in linguistics [syn: linguist, linguistic scientist]
noun
A person who speaks more than one language [syn: linguist, polyglot]

Definition of 'Linguist'

From: GCIDE
  • 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A person skilled in languages. [1913 Webster]
  • There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] Linguistic

Synonyms of 'linguist'

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