- linguistician
- lin·guis·ti·cian
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linguistician
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linguistician — noun A linguist A person who studies linguistics is usually referred to as a linguist. The more accurate term linguistician is too much of a tongue twister to become generally accepted. Teach Yourself Linguistics , by Jean Aitchison … Wiktionary
linguistician — One who is annoyingly erudite and pedantic, though not always right, about word use. Archibald held forth on lose versus loose for an hour, proving himself a veritable linguistician … Dictionary of american slang
linguistician — One who is annoyingly erudite and pedantic, though not always right, about word use. Archibald held forth on lose versus loose for an hour, proving himself a veritable linguistician … Dictionary of american slang
linguistician — linguistics ► PLURAL NOUN (treated as sing. ) ▪ the scientific study of language and its structure. DERIVATIVES linguistician noun … English terms dictionary
linguistician — noun Date: 1895 linguist 2 … New Collegiate Dictionary
linguistician — /ling gwi stish euhn/, n. linguist (def. 1). [1890 95; LINGUISTIC + IAN] * * * … Universalium
linguistician — n. linguist, one who specializes in linguistics … English contemporary dictionary
linguistician — noun (C) a linguist (2) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
linguistician — lin•guis•ti•cian [[t]ˌlɪŋ gwɪˈstɪʃ ən[/t]] n. ling. linguist 1) • Etymology: 1890–95 … From formal English to slang
linguistician — ˌliŋgwəˈstishən noun ( s) Etymology: linguistic + an : linguist 2 … Useful english dictionary
