Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for LIN'GUIST
LIN'GUI-FORMLIN-GUIST'IC, or LIN-GUIST'IC-AL
LIN'GUIST, n. [L. lingua, the tongue.]
A person skilled in languages; usually applied to a person well versed in the languages taught in colleges, Greek, Latin, and Hebrew. – Milton.
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