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Another word for linguist

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Noun

  1. Student of language

  2. Speaker of many languages

    See also:

    scholar

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Sentence Examples

  • was a good linguist, speaking, besides his native tongue, German, Latin, French and Italian.

  • He was already a good linguist, understanding both Latin and Hebrew.

  • During his university career he became an accomplished linguist, and even before he took his M.A.

  • Harlay de Sancy was a learned man and a good linguist, who used his opportunities to acquire a valuable collection of oriental MSS., many of which are now in the Bibliotheque Nationale in Paris.

  • She was an accomplished linguist, musician and mathematician, and deeply interested in metaphysics.

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