linguist
noun/ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
/ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
- 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).
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- a person who studies languages or linguistics
- Linguists are researching how these languages are evolving.
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin lingua ‘language’ + -ist.
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