polyglot : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: polyglot	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for polyglot
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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, polyglot]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Polyglot \Pol"yglot\, 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.] [bd]A polyglot, or good linguist.[b8] --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.