linguisticiann.
/ˌlɪŋɡwᵻˈstɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌlɪŋɡwəˈstɪʃ(ə)n/ An expert or specialist in linguistics. Cf. linguist n. 3.
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the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > one who studies
philologue1594
linguist1605
philologer1653
philologist1695
terminologist1806
glossologist1817
philologian1823
linguister1870
glottologist1874
linguistic scientist1875
linguistician1895
historicist1937
wordster1965
1895 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 16 10 This identification of the earlier ‘linguisticians’ has been latterly abandoned. [Note] This neologism should be as good as ‘statistician’, ‘logician’, etc.
1897 Classical Rev. 94 The earliest linguisticians regarded vῑ in the words for twenty as a by-form of dvῑ.
1949 Stud. in Linguistics 7 59 I intend to use linguistician regularly henceforth instead of linguist ‘worker in linguistics’.
1954 Eng. Stud. 35 91 In the absence of any..description by native linguisticians, these observations by an experienced teacher of foreign students..deserve the attention.
2010 Daily Tel. 12 Nov. 37/8 The indefatigable linguistician David Crystal.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1895- out of reparel
- out of request
- out of respect
- out of reverence
- out of ride
- out of rule
- out of schneider
- out of score
- out of season
- out of service
- out of shape
- out of sight
- out of sight, out of mind
- out of sorts
- out of space
- out of spirits
- out of square
- out of step
- out of step with
- out of stock
- out of straight
- out of suits with
- out of sync
- out of taste
- out of temper