noun
a specialist in linguistics
• Syn: ↑linguist
• Derivationally related forms: ↑linguistics (for: ↑linguist), ↑linguistic (for: ↑linguist)
• Hypernyms: ↑scientist
• Hyponyms:
↑computational linguist, ↑grammarian, ↑syntactician, ↑Hebraist, ↑lexicographer, ↑lexicologist, ↑neurolinguist, ↑phonetician, ↑phonologist, ↑psycholinguist, ↑semanticist, ↑semiotician, ↑sociolinguist
• Instance Hyponyms:
↑Bloomfield, ↑Leonard Bloomfield, ↑Chomsky, ↑Noam Chomsky, ↑A. Noam Chomsky, ↑de Saussure, ↑Ferdinand de Saussure, ↑Saussure, ↑Firth, ↑J. R. Firth, ↑John Rupert Firth, ↑Grimm, ↑Jakob Grimm, ↑Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm, ↑Jakobson, ↑Roman Jakobson, ↑Roman Osipovich Jakobson, ↑Jespersen, ↑Otto Jespersen, ↑Jens Otto Harry Jespersen, ↑Sapir, ↑Edward Sapir
Useful english dictionary. 2012.