linguister

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A native interpreter assisting Europeans in colonial contexts.

   ““[…] He can talk to the Pawnee, and the Konza, and the Omawhaw, and he can talk to his own people.” “Ay, there are linguisters in the settlements that can do still more. But what profits it all? The Master of Life has an ear for every language!””

2. isim A native agent facilitating European trade in East and Central Africa in colonial contexts.

   “One day a linguister, a native commission agent, arrived in a trading canoe, and stated that […] a prince some way up the river […] had [said] […] that if I sent him five longs and five gallons of rum he would […] let my trade pass.”