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Definition of linguist noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

linguist

noun

NAmE//ˈlɪŋɡwɪst//

1a person who knows several foreign languages well She's an excellent linguist. I'm afraid I'm no linguist (= I find foreign languages difficult).

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2a person who studies languages or linguistics a computational linguist

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