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A master of the use of language; a talker.

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  1. n. A master of the use of language; a talker.
  2. n. A person skilled in languages.
  3. n. a specialist in linguistics
  4. n. a person who speaks more than one language
  5. 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.
  6. Of or pertaining to language; relating to linguistics, or tothe affinities of languages.
  7. n:100 n. a specialist in linguistics n. a person who speaks more than one language