linguist

UK /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/ US /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
noun 4

Definitions

noun

1

One who studies linguistics.

2

One who studies linguistics.

President Donald Trump has "turned words into weapons" -- and journalists are providing additional ammunition. That's according to Trump critic George Lakoff, a renowned linguist and professor emeritus at the University of California at Berkeley.

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.

3

A person skilled in languages.

The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance.

4

A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.

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