polyglot linguist
1Polyglot — Pol y*glot, n. 1. One who speaks several languages. [R.] A polyglot, or good linguist. Howell. [1913 Webster] 2. A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures …
2linguist — [liŋ′gwist] n. [< L lingua (see LANGUAGE) + IST1] 1. a specialist in linguistics: cf. PHILOLOGIST 2. loosely POLYGLOT (n. 1) …
3linguist — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. polyglot, philologist, etymologist. See speech. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Student of language] Syn. etymologist, philologist, philologer, structuralist, structural linguist, usagist, transformationalist …
4Linguist (disambiguation) — A linguist can be * A specialist in linguistics. See List of linguists for prominent linguists in this sense. * A specialist in languages, including translators, interpreters, and language teachers.Linguist may also refer to: * The Linguist List …
5linguist — /ling gwist/, n. 1. a specialist in linguistics. 2. a person who is skilled in several languages; polyglot. [1580 90; < L lingu(a) tongue, speech + IST] * * * …
6linguist — Synonyms and related words: bilingual, dialectician, diglot, etymologer, etymologist, glossarist, glossographer, grammarian, grammaticaster, grammatist, lexicographer, lexicologist, linguistic scholar, linguistic scientist, linguistician,… …
7polyglot — Synonyms and related words: atlas, bilingual, calendar, casebook, catalog, catalogue raisonne, city directory, classified catalog, concordance, cyclopedia, diatesseron, dictionary catalog, diglot, directory, encyclopedia, gazetteer, harmony,… …
8linguist — n 1. polyglot, bilinguist, bilingual, multilingual; interpreter, translator; one with an ear for languages, one with sprachgefllhl. 2. semanticist, semasiologicist, lexicologist, Archaic. glossologist, Brit. philologist, Brit. philologer, Rare.… …
9polyglot — adj 1. multilingual, learned in languages, bilingual, diglot, diglottic. n 2. linguist, multilinguist, bilinguist, person of many tongues …
10linguist — lin•guist [[t]ˈlɪŋ gwɪst[/t]] n. 1) ling. a specialist in linguistics 2) ling. a person who is skilled in several languages; polyglot • Etymology: 1580–90; < L lingu(a) tongue, speech + ist …
