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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Linguist

/(lĭṉ"gwĭst)/ · Lin·guist · IPA /ˈlɪŋɡwɪst/
01 n. A master of the use of language; a talker.
  1. 1.
    A master of the use of language; a talker.[Obs.]
    “I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist.” J. Webster.
  2. 2.
    A person skilled in languages.
    “There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age.” Macaulay.