linguistician

Noun

linguistician (plural linguisticians)

1. (rare) A linguist.
   • The ideal situation is that in which a trained linguistician devotes all his time and attention to describing his own language; he can then be his own source of information (or informant) and can, over the years, note down all the forms, all the types of utterances, of which he normally makes use...1950, Robert Anderson Hall, Leave Your Language Alone!, page 113
   • A person who studies linguistics is usually referred to as a linguist. The more accurate term 'linguistician' is too much of a tongue-twister to become generally accepted.2004, Jean Aitchison, Teach Yourself Linguistics