"linguistician" meaning in All languages combined

See linguistician on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: linguisticians [plural]
Etymology: From linguistic + -ian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|linguistic|ian}} linguistic + -ian Head templates: {{en-noun}} linguistician (plural linguisticians)
  1. (rare) A linguist. Tags: rare

Inflected forms

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