1) UN worker 2) Bilingual person 3) Certain UN worker 4) Chomsky 5) Language expert 6) Linguistic scientist 7) Man of science 8) Multilingual person 9) One who has a way with words 10) Polyglot 11) Scientist 12) Student of language Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/linguist
Lin'guist (lĭn'gwĭst) noun [ Latin lingua tongue, speech, language: confer F. linguiste .] 1. A master of the use of language; a talker. [ Obsolete] « I'll dispute with him; He's a rare linguist .» J. Webster. 2. A person skilled... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/L/45