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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If so, this would be a find about ten times older than Proto-Indo-European, and well past the limits of what linguists think language can preserve.
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
My father worked as a military linguist with a specialty in Mandarin Chinese and Russian.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
But that's nothing new, say linguists and others who study verbal communication.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Indeed, those details sometimes contradicted what linguists would predict based on previous research.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
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Manvir Singh, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
My father worked as a military linguist with a specialty in Mandarin Chinese and Russian.
—Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025
But that's nothing new, say linguists and others who study verbal communication.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Indeed, those details sometimes contradicted what linguists would predict based on previous research.
—Cody Cottier, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2025
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“Linguist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/linguist. Accessed 17 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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