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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polyglot  \Pol"y*glot\,  a.  [Gr.  poly`glwttos  many-tongued;  poly`s 
  many  +  glw^tta,  glw^ssa,  tongue,  language:  cf  F. 
  polyglotte.] 
  1.  Containing,  or  made  up  of  several  languages;  as  a 
  polyglot  lexicon,  Bible. 
 
  2.  Versed  in  or  speaking,  many  languages. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Polyglot  \Pol"y*glot\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  speaks  several  languages.  [R.]  ``A  polyglot,  or 
  good  linguist.''  --Howell. 
 
  2.  A  book  containing  several  versions  of  the  same  text,  or 
  containing  the  same  subject  matter  in  several  languages; 
  esp.,  the  Scriptures  in  several  languages. 
 
  Enriched  by  the  publication  of  polyglots.  --Abp. 
  Newcome. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  polyglot 
  adj  :  having  a  command  of  or  composed  in  many  languages;  "a 
  polyglot  traveler";  "a  polyglot  Bible  contains  versions 
  in  different  languages" 
  n  :  a  person  who  speaks  more  than  one  language  [syn:  {linguist}] 




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