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lin·guist

[ling-gwist]
noun
1.
a specialist in linguistics.
2.
a person who is skilled in several languages; polyglot.

Origin:
1580–90; < Latin lingu(a) tongue, speech + -ist
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Example Sentences
  • The linguist talks about what our way of talking says about.
  • Army linguist once stationed at the site, the listening station was subject to high winds, due to its height.
  • Klima was an eminent linguist who was one of the first scholars to pay serious attention to sign languages.
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linguist (ˈlɪŋɡwɪst)
 
n
1.  a person who has the capacity to learn and speak foreign languages
2.  a person who studies linguistics
3.  esp (W African), (Ghanaian) the spokesman for a chief
 
[C16: from Latin lingua tongue]

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linguist
1580s, "a master of language, one who uses his tongue freely," from L. lingua "language, tongue" (see lingual). Meaning "a student of language" first attested 1640s.
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