Definition of "linguist" []

• A person who speaks several languages fluently. (noun)
• A specialist in linguistics. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "And although the linguist is sure she can rise to the task, she isn't at all certain she won't swoon under his frankly sensuous gaze before her job is done."
• "A linguist is taken to a secret US military base, and quite astounded by what he hears."
• "Though his academic specialty as a linguist is creole languages, McWhorter came to national prominence for his conservative critique of black culture and his argument that black Americans actively promote a culture of underachievement."