linkster

noun3

1. •
   A golfer.

   • Gleefully and legally intruding upon the sanctum of the wealthy linksters, we walked the mitigation meadows. — 2010
2. •
   (dialect, no longer used) An interpreter; a person who understands more than one language.

   • I then Called for the White man and made him give in the Indean Tongue the same words that he heard spoke in the Square by the head men, which by my Lingister agreed with what he Told me in English. — 1725
3. •
   (no longer used) In West and Central Africa, a bi- or multilingual agent or broker facilitating trade between Europeans and non-Europeans.

   • “All this,” continued Massala, “shall be set down in writing, and you shall read it, and the English lingster shall tell it straight to us.” — 1885