polyglot Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who speaks more than one language
    linguist.
  2. adjective satellite having a command of or composed in many languages
    • a polyglot traveler
    • a polyglot Bible contains versions in different languages

WordNet

Pol"y*glot adjective
Etymology
Gr. manytongued; many + , , tongue, language: cf. F. polyglotte.
Definitions
  1. Containing, or made up, of, several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon, Bible.
  2. Versed in, or speaking, many languages.
Pol"y*glot noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913