Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
linguist [ling-gwist] ExamplesWord Origin See more synonyms for linguist on Thesaurus.com noun
- a specialist in linguistics.
- a person who is skilled in several languages; polyglot.
Origin of linguist 1580–90; Latin lingu(a) tongue, speech + -ist Related Words for linguist interpreter, lexicographer, grammarian, polyglot, philologist, linguistician Examples from the Web for linguist Contemporary Examples of linguist
But as linguist Mark Liberman notes at Language Log, the president used the word “I” exactly 10 times in that speech.
Why the Right Thinks Obama’s a Narcissist—and Why They’re Wrong
John McWhorter
September 18, 2014
For example, the creator/writer of Alice in Arabia is Brooke Eikmeier, a former US Army linguist in Arabic.
Hollywood’s Major Muslim Problem Doesn’t End With ‘Alice in Arabia’
Dean Obeidallah
March 22, 2014
Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg gives the A-word the biography it so richly deserves.
‘Ascent of the A-Word:’ The Beauty of the Indispensable Vulgarity
Malcolm Jones
August 17, 2012
Historical Examples of linguist
His tongue is very voluble, which, with canting, proves him a linguist.
The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII)
John Greenleaf Whittier
Mr Plornish could not conceal his exultation in her accomplishments as a linguist.
Charles Dickens
A Linguist of nearly 40 years standing, and nearly 20 years resident abroad.
Anonymous
Put your qualification as a resident merchant and as a linguist as strongly as you like.
George Alfred Henty
The keeper of the house where they lodged was in his way a character and a linguist.
Charles G. Leland
British Dictionary definitions for linguist linguist noun
- a person who has the capacity to learn and speak foreign languages
- a person who studies linguistics
- Western African and esp Ghanaian the spokesman for a chief
Word Origin for linguist C16: from Latin lingua tongue Word Origin and History for linguist n.
1580s, “a master of language, one who uses his tongue freely,” a hybrid from Latin lingua “language, tongue” (see lingual) + -ist. Meaning “a student of language” first attested 1640s.