Lin″guist (lĭṉ″gwĭst), n. [L. lingua tongue, speech, language: cf. F. linguiste.] 1. A master of the use of language; a talker.
I'll dispute with him;
He's a rare linguist. J. Webster.
2. A person skilled in languages.
There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age. Macaulay.