linguist
/ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ noun C1- One who studies linguistics.
- One who studies modern-day linguistics, that is, linguistic science.
- A person skilled in languages.
- A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.
Plural linguists
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She was a perfect linguist, a first-rate artist, wrote poetry, and composed music; to the study of the latter she professed to be entirely devoted, following it with an indefatigable perseverance, assisted by a schoolfellow,—a young woman without fortune whose talent promised to develop into remarkable powers as a singer.
The walls of the Scriptorium were lined with countless wooden pigeonholes, each overflowing with the handwritten contributions of amateur linguists.
Conversely, a growing number of linguists and cultural advocates passionately defend Singlish as an indispensable component of the national identity.
Linguists traditionally categorized the continent's speech into three distinct varieties, formally known as Broad, General, and Cultivated Australian.
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