linguistern.

Brit.

/ˈlɪŋɡwᵻstə/, U.S.

/ˈlɪŋɡwəstər/

Forms: North American in early use 1600s linckister, 1600s– linguister, 1700s languister; U.S. regional (chiefly south Appalachian) 1800s– lingster, 1800s– linkister, 1800s– linkster, 1900s– leingister, 1900s– lingister, 1900s– link'ster.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: linguist n.

Etymology: Alteration (after nouns in -ister suffix) of linguist n. Compare linguistry n.

Chiefly U.S. regional. Now chiefly archaic.

1. An interpreter, a translator. Cf. linguist n. 5.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter

latimerc1275

dragoman13..

meanera1387

interpretator?a1475

truchman1485

spokesman1519

interpreter1531

interpret1584

decipherer1587

trenchman1632

linguistera1649

terjiman1682

renderera1691

dubash1698

reader1763

exegesist1831

hermeneutist1836

exegetes1846

elicitor1848

beach-man1867

a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. in Jrnl. (1996) iii. 596 He beinge Linckister (because he could speake the language).

1713 J. Schuyler in G. Sheldon Hist. Deerfield, Mass. (1895) I. xi. 350 J Jmployed my Jndian Languister to talk to her.

1760 Let. 24 Nov. in A. Dalrymple Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 396 I was no furth concerned, than as a Linguister for the King's Officer, who commanded the Party.

1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder xiii. 163 On the Atlantic..where a seafaring-man has occasion sometimes to converse with a pilot or a linguister in that language [sc. French].

1869 F. R. Goulding Marooner's Island iv. 29 Linkster..is a word in common use in many parts [of Georgia and Florida], being a corruption of linguister.., and means interpreter.

1885 H. M. Stanley Congo I. 123 Massalla, the lingster of Chinsalla village.

1911 L. P. Elliott Early Hist. Nashville iii. 263 Most of them could understand English. But their linguister was a white man who had gone to live with the Indians.

1974 P. M. Fink Bits of Mountain Speech 15 Linkster,..interpreter.

2006 J. Druett Run Afoul i. 5 You were shipped to work as the expedition's linguister, Mr. Coffin—to translate for us.

†2. A linguist, a philologist. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > one who studies

philologue1594

linguist1605

philologer1653

philologist1695

terminologist1806

glossologist1817

philologian1823

linguister1870

glottologist1874

linguistic scientist1875

linguistician1895

historicist1937

wordster1965

1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 265 He who writes to be read, does not write for linguisters.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	linguister
释义	linguistern. Brit. /ˈlɪŋɡwᵻstə/, U.S. /ˈlɪŋɡwəstər/ Forms: North American in early use 1600s linckister, 1600s– linguister, 1700s languister; U.S. regional (chiefly south Appalachian) 1800s– lingster, 1800s– linkister, 1800s– linkster, 1900s– leingister, 1900s– lingister, 1900s– link'ster. Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: linguist n. Etymology: Alteration (after nouns in -ister suffix) of linguist n. Compare linguistry n. Chiefly U.S. regional. Now chiefly archaic. 1. An interpreter, a translator. Cf. linguist n. 5. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [noun] > interpreter latimerc1275 dragoman13.. meanera1387 interpretator?a1475 truchman1485 spokesman1519 interpreter1531 interpret1584 decipherer1587 trenchman1632 linguistera1649 terjiman1682 renderera1691 dubash1698 reader1763 exegesist1831 hermeneutist1836 exegetes1846 elicitor1848 beach-man1867 a1649 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. in Jrnl. (1996) iii. 596 He beinge Linckister (because he could speake the language). 1713 J. Schuyler in G. Sheldon Hist. Deerfield, Mass. (1895) I. xi. 350 J Jmployed my Jndian Languister to talk to her. 1760 Let. 24 Nov. in A. Dalrymple Oriental Repertory (1793) I. 396 I was no furth concerned, than as a Linguister for the King's Officer, who commanded the Party. 1840 J. F. Cooper Pathfinder xiii. 163 On the Atlantic..where a seafaring-man has occasion sometimes to converse with a pilot or a linguister in that language [sc. French]. 1869 F. R. Goulding Marooner's Island iv. 29 Linkster..is a word in common use in many parts [of Georgia and Florida], being a corruption of linguister.., and means interpreter. 1885 H. M. Stanley Congo I. 123 Massalla, the lingster of Chinsalla village. 1911 L. P. Elliott Early Hist. Nashville iii. 263 Most of them could understand English. But their linguister was a white man who had gone to live with the Indians. 1974 P. M. Fink Bits of Mountain Speech 15 Linkster,..interpreter. 2006 J. Druett Run Afoul i. 5 You were shipped to work as the expedition's linguister, Mr. Coffin—to translate for us. †2. A linguist, a philologist. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > one who studies philologue1594 linguist1605 philologer1653 philologist1695 terminologist1806 glossologist1817 philologian1823 linguister1870 glottologist1874 linguistic scientist1875 linguistician1895 historicist1937 wordster1965 1870 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows 265 He who writes to be read, does not write for linguisters. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1649
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