Associations to the word «Linguist»

Wiktionary

LINGUIST, noun. One who studies linguistics.
LINGUIST, noun. A person skilled in languages.
LINGUIST, noun. A human translator; an interpreter, especially in the armed forces.

Dictionary definition

LINGUIST, noun. A specialist in linguistics.
LINGUIST, noun. A person who speaks more than one language.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky