LINGUISTS

Noun

linguists

plural of linguist

Source: Wiktionary


LINGUIST

Lin"guist, n. Etym: [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf. F. linguiste.]

1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.] I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist. J. Webster.

2. A person skilled in languages. There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. Macaulay.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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