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Linguist

A master of the use of language; a talker.

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Actor 76% connected

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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Doer 76% connected

One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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Scientist 76% connected

One learned in science; a scientific investigator; one devoted to scientific study; a savant.

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Worker 76% connected

One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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Bilingual 76% connected

Containing, or consisting of, two languages; expressed in two languages; as, a bilingual inscription; a bilingual dictionary.

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Grammarian 76% connected

One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

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Hebraist 76% connected

One versed in the Hebrew language and learning.

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Lexicographer 76% connected

The author or compiler of a lexicon or dictionary.

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Lexicologist 76% connected

One versed in lexicology.

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Phonetician 76% connected

One versed in phonetics; a phonetist.

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Phonologist 76% connected

One versed in phonology.

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Transcriber 76% connected

One who transcribes, or writes from a copy; a copier; a copyist.

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Translator 76% connected

One who translates; esp., one who renders into another language; one who expresses the sense of words in one language by equivalent words in another.

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Lingual 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

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Lingual 74% connected

Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter.

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Linguistic 74% connected

Alt. of Linguistical

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Linguistic 74% connected

Alt. of Linguistical

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Linguistics 74% connected

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

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Linguistics 74% connected

The science of languages, or of the origin, signification, and application of words; glossology.

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Polyglot 92% connected

Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible.

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