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Linguist
Pronunciation : Lin"guist
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf. F. linguiste.]
Definition : 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
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