linguist

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I see one man, a respected linguist, throw his mug in the lake from sheer frustration.

From Literature

A gifted linguist, she soon mastered Mayan dialects.

From Los Angeles Times

He was a magician, a linguist who reinvented and built his own emotional vernacular.

From Los Angeles Times

At first, I was sad to see that the linguist team at the Oxford English Dictionary had picked “rage bait” as the Word of the Year.

From Salon

Adam Aleksic, a linguist who posts online as Etymology Nerd, says locking in's origins aren't certain but its use appears to have begun in the early 2000s - particularly in the African American community.

From BBC