co-linguist
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who shares a language with someone.
Example Sentences
- "Muslim Bengal asserted its Muslim personality in 1947 against its co-linguist Hindu neighbours. Twenty-four years later, it asserted its regional personality also, through a revolt against its co-religionist West Pakistanis."
- "The former is capable — when speaking to a co-linguist — of conveying almost a photographic image of an area of bush so extensive is his knowledge of the names of vegetation and descriptions of terrain."
- "The city of Boston also employs some co-ethnic and co-linguist liaison officers in the city's Office of Neighborhood Services, including people who can speak Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish and Cape Verdean Creole."
- "However, in the context of both Afghanistan and the civil war, the fact that most identifiable Afghan groups have co-linguists, co-ethnics, or co-religionists across national boundaries became a catalyst for the nation's collapse"
- "If citizens cannot understand one another, or if they seek to deliberate with co-linguists only, then democratic politics is likely to be compromised."
Etymology
From co- + linguist.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: co