linguist
noun
lin·guist
ˈliŋ-gwist 
1
: a person accomplished in languages
especially
: one who speaks several languages
2
: a person who specializes in linguistics
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Both your parents were linguists.
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Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Indeed, those details sometimes contradicted what linguists would predict based on previous research.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
Summarizing decades of research in an article published in 2016, an all-star team of cognitive scientists and linguists specializing in reading ability and visual perception debunked both of these tenets.
—Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
The security agency easily identified Winner, a crypto linguist, as the source of the leak.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Indeed, those details sometimes contradicted what linguists would predict based on previous research.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
Summarizing decades of research in an article published in 2016, an all-star team of cognitive scientists and linguists specializing in reading ability and visual perception debunked both of these tenets.
—Big Think, 16 Sep. 2025
The security agency easily identified Winner, a crypto linguist, as the source of the leak.
—Terry Gross, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linguist. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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linguist
noun
lin·guist
ˈliŋ-gwəst
1
: a person skilled in languages
2
: a person who specializes in linguistics
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