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lin·guist 
[ling-gwist] Pronunciation Key
[ling-gwist] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a specialist in linguistics. |
| 2. | a person who is skilled in several languages; polyglot. |
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| lin·guist
(lĭng'gwĭst) Pronunciation Key
n.
[Latin lingua, language; see d  ghū- in Indo-European roots + -ist.]
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
linguist
linguist
1588, "a master of language, one who uses his tongue freely," from L. lingua "language, tongue" (see lingual). Meaning "a student of language" first attested 1641. Linguistics "the science of languages" is from 1847. The use of linguistic to mean "of or pertaining to language or languages" is "hardly justifiable etymologically," according to OED, but "has arisen because lingual suggests irrelevant associations."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| linguist | |
noun | |
| 1. | a specialist in linguistics |
| 2. | a person who speaks more than one language |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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