Linguist /(lĭṉ"gwĭst)/

Lin·guist

Linguist

n.
  1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [Obs.]
    I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist.
  2. A person skilled in languages.
    There too were Gibbon, the greatest historian, and Jones, the greatest linguist, of the age.