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One who studies linguistics.
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One who studies linguistics.; One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.usually
- The internet serves as an accelerant to fanilects. Because song lyrics are readily available online, they have a characteristic linguists call "persistence," meaning anyone can refer to them and reuse them.
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A person skilled in languages.
- I found that he could write and read English, but could not speak it, being like myself a bad linguist; so we had to use French as a medium of communication.
- The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.
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A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.
syn. linguist