languagist noun2 •A linguist; one who is proficient in languages."Oh dear, dear!" said Miss Crocky, admiringly, " he is such a languagist ; isn't he, Miss Norah? I tell him he's thrown away here. His place is at courts, I'm sure." — 1871 •One who discriminates on the basis of language use.They can do with these all that the languagists claim to do, and more — save English for our children for, by the way they teach English the lifeblood has escaped, only the skeleton remains. — 1966 formslanguagists
