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A person who knows many foreign languages

A. Linguist

B. Grammarian

C. Polyglot

D. Bilingual

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

One word substitution is Linguist.

Linguist: a person skilled in foreign languages.
Grammarian: a person who studies and writes about grammar.
Polyglot: knowing or using several languages.
Bilingual: speaking two languages fluently.

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Comments ( 6 )

  1. Kishan Gopal
    Kishan Gopal :
    5 years ago

    Linguist is one who is skilled in foreign languages. Polyglot is one knowing several languages. There may be chances of of a polyglot knowing several native language but no foreign language. Hence correct answer is Linguist.

  2. Dhaval Purohit
    Dhaval Purohit :
    5 years ago

    right answer is polyglot. Linguist means someone who teaches or studies linguistics

  3. Arpu Kat
    Arpu Kat :
    5 years ago

    A person who studies language of different kinds is a linguist
    But a person who knows to speak various language is a polygot
    So what does know mean? Knowing to speak i persume so the answere is polygot

    Lmao people

  4. Abhishek Nahar
    Abhishek Nahar :
    5 years ago

    Person who knows many languages is polyglot..but if he also knows foreign language then he is linguist.

  5. Ayas Hazra
    Ayas Hazra :
    6 years ago

    wrong answer..

  6. Rohit Verma
    Rohit Verma :
    6 years ago

    what is the diffrence between polyglot and linguist?

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