linguister

Etymology
Probably from reinterpreted as.

Noun

 * 1)  An interpreter, especially one interpreting between European and non-European languages in colonial contexts.
 * 2) * 1666, letter from William Acworth, in, to of the , cited in John Anderson, English Intercourse with Siam in the Seventeenth Century, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1890, p.105,
 * the Portuguese very privatly gives information that it [the murder] was done by one of my people and by my order[;] this young man whom they accused was my linguister
 * 1) * 1701, trial of, in (ed.), State Trials of Mary, Queen of Scots, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Captain William Kidd, Chicago: Callaghan, 1899, p.183,
 * Mr. Coniers: What did you take from this ship?
 * [Robert] Brad[inham]: Capt. Kidd took out Parker, and a Portuguese for a Linguister.
 * Mr. Coniers: A Linguister, What do you mean by that?
 * Brad.: An interpreter;
 * 1)  In West and Central Africa, a bi- or multilingual agent or broker facilitating trade between Europeans and non-Europeans.
 * 1)  In West and Central Africa, a bi- or multilingual agent or broker facilitating trade between Europeans and non-Europeans.
 * 1)  In West and Central Africa, a bi- or multilingual agent or broker facilitating trade between Europeans and non-Europeans.
 * 1)  In West and Central Africa, a bi- or multilingual agent or broker facilitating trade between Europeans and non-Europeans.