Languagist
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A linguist; one who is proficient in languages.
""Oh dear, dear!" said Miss Crocky, admiringly, " he is such a languagist ; isn't he, Miss Norah? I tell him he's thrown away here. His place is at courts, I'm sure.""
- 2 One who discriminates on the basis of language use.
"They can do with these all that the languagists claim to do, and more — save English for our children for, by the way they teach English the lifeblood has escaped, only the skeleton remains."
Example
More examples""Oh dear, dear!" said Miss Crocky, admiringly, " he is such a languagist ; isn't he, Miss Norah? I tell him he's thrown away here. His place is at courts, I'm sure.""
Etymology
From language + -ist.
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