linguist
noun
a specialist in linguistics.
linguists
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pluralof linguist.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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That sentence structure is popping up everywhere these days, and linguists tie its popularity to AI models.
From Barron's ● Apr. 14, 2026
But it’s clear that the phenomenon is not just the tweedy concern of linguists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2025
“The effort is praiseworthy, but so excessively tardy that it is perfectly useless,” a collective of linguists wrote in the Liberation newspaper on Thursday.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
The team, which comprised musicologists, psychologists, linguists, evolutionary biologists and professional musicians, recorded songs in 55 languages, including Arabic, Balinese, Basque, Cherokee, Maori, Ukrainian and Yoruba.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2024
The term used by linguists to describe what Klotz was engaging in in that moment is “mitigated speech,” which refers to any attempt to downplay or sugarcoat the meaning of what is being said.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
