lin|guist

lin|guist: lin|guist «LIHNG gwihst», noun.

1. a person who studies the history and structure of language; expert in languages or linguistics: »The linguist collects and records utterances, and by comparing these one with another abstracts the way or modes of speaking which, as we have said, constitute the language of the speech community (Beals and Hoijer).

2. a person skilled in a number of languages besides his own; polyglot; multilingual person.

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lin·guist — /ˈlıŋgwıst/ noun, pl guists [count] 1 : a person who speaks several languages 2 : a person who studies linguistics … Useful english dictionary
bi|lin|guist — «by LIHNG gwihst», noun. a person who speaks two languages equally or almost equally well … Useful english dictionary
eth|no|lin|guist — «EHTH noh LIHNG gwihst», noun. a specialist in ethnolinguistics … Useful english dictionary
pol|y|lin|guist — «POL ee LIHNG gwihst», noun. a person learned in many languages … Useful english dictionary
psy|cho|lin|guist — «SY koh LIHNG gwihst», noun. a person who studies or is skilled in psycholinguistics … Useful english dictionary
so|ci|o|lin|guist — «SOH see oh LIHNG gwihst, shee », noun. a person who studies or is skilled in sociolinguistics … Useful english dictionary
guist — lin·guist; lin·guist·er; lin·guist·ry; lin·guist·i·cal; … English syllables
lin — ace·tyl·cho·lin·esterase; ac glob·u·lin; Adren·a·lin; al·ka·lin·i·ty; al·ka·lin·i·za·tion; al·ka·lin·ize; al·lin·eate; al·lin·eation; amy·e·lin·ic; amyg·da·lin; anas·pa·lin; ani·lin·gus; an·i·lin·ism; an·thra·lin; an·ti·cho·lin·es·ter·ase;… … English syllables
linguist — lin·guist … English syllables
linguister — lin·guist·er … English syllables

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