linguist has definitions from the field of linguistics
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[ noun ] (linguistics) a specialist in linguistics

Used in print

(Philip Jos‚ Farmer, The Lovers....)

`` You need a linguist '' ? said Hal .

`` The ship is huge '' , said Macneff , `` but the number of military_men and specialists we are taking limits the linguists to one .

Then , he said , `` Unfortunately , only one lamechian linguist exists , and he is too old for this expedition .

Hal , the linguist , saw the glittering discs and necklaces in_terms_of the languages spoken therein .

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[ noun ] (linguistics) a person who speaks more than one language

Synonyms

polyglot

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