Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person who speaks several languages fluently.
- noun A specialist in linguistics.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person skilled in the use of languages; one who can speak several languages.
- noun A student of language; a philologist.
- noun A master of language or talk; a ready converser or talker.
- noun An interpreter.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A master of the use of language; a talker.
- noun A person skilled in languages.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who studies
linguistics . - noun A person skilled in
languages . - noun A human
translator ; aninterpreter , especially in thearmed forces .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who speaks more than one language
- noun a specialist in linguistics
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And although the linguist is sure she can rise to the task, she isn't at all certain she won't swoon under his frankly sensuous gaze before her job is done.
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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A linguist is taken to a secret US military base, and quite astounded by what he hears.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Haunted Stars - Edmond Hamilton Blue Tyson 2008
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After lying low for a while America's premier linguist is back.
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After lying low for a while America's premier linguist is back.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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After lying low for a while America's premier linguist is back.
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Though his academic specialty as a linguist is creole languages, McWhorter came to national prominence for his conservative critique of black culture and his argument that black Americans actively promote a culture of underachievement.
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After lying low for a while America's premier linguist is back.
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A linguist is taken to a secret US military base, and quite astounded by what he hears.
Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: King Of Stars - Edmond Hamilton Blue Tyson 2008
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After lying low for a while America's premier linguist is back.
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The cool thing about being a linguist is that people ask you usage questions, and no matter what your response, they unquestioningly believe you.
pterodactyl commented on the word linguist
"Tree?" Sally said. "I fell out of a tree today. On a linguist."
-- Connie Willis, "Blued Moon"
May 21, 2008