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metalinguist

metalinguist noun: a linguist whose speciality is metalanguage.

Noun

metalinguist (plural metalinguists)

  1. A linguist whose speciality is metalanguage

Forms of metalinguist

pluralmetalinguists

Origin of metalinguist

From meta- + linguist.

Questions about metalinguist

What does metalinguist mean?
Metalinguist means a linguist whose speciality is metalanguage.
What part of speech is metalinguist?
Metalinguist is a noun.
What is the plural of metalinguist?
The plural of metalinguist is metalinguists.

Words near metalinguist in the dictionary

  1. metalimnion
  2. metalimnions
  3. metaline
  4. metaling
  5. metalingual
  6. metalinguist
  7. metalinguistic
  8. metalinguistically
  9. metalinguistics
  10. metalinguists
  11. metalise

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