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Definition of linguist noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

linguist

noun
 
/ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
 
/ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
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  1. a person who knows several foreign languages well
    • She's an excellent linguist.
    • I'm afraid I'm no linguist (= I find foreign languages difficult).
  2. a person who studies languages or linguistics
    • Linguists are researching how these languages are evolving.
    3. Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin lingua ‘language’ + -ist.
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