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Linguist

//ˈlɪŋɡwɪst// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    One who studies linguistics.
  2. 2
    a person who speaks more than one language wordnet
  3. 3
    One who studies linguistics.; One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science. usually

    "President Donald Trump has "turned words into weapons" -- and journalists are providing additional ammunition. That's according to Trump critic George Lakoff, a renowned linguist and professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley."

  4. 4
    a specialist in linguistics wordnet
  5. 5
    A person skilled in languages.

    "The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance."

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  1. 6
    A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin lingua English -ist English linguist Borrowed from Latin lingua (“language”) + -ist.

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