linguister

The head linguister, who, like “Persian interpreters” to commanders in chief of India during my clay, could not speak a word of any language but his own, after clapping hands, congratulated us in the name of the great king Nekulu; he lives, it appears, in a Banza at some distance to the north or north-east, out of sight of the river, and he cannot be visited without great outlay of gunpowder and strong waters.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

About noon appeared Chico Furano, son of the late Chico de Ouro, in his quality of “English linguister;” a low position to which want of “savvy” has reduced him.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The Blue Lick Station in time recovered its equilibrium, and was afterward prone to protest that of all frontier communities it bore the palm for the efficiency of its "linguister."

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

The little linguister, for her part, had no doubts.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Howard, being absent on leave, the present commandant, a jaunty lieutenant, smart enough although in an undress uniform, was standing at the sally-port now, all bland and smiling, to receive the ambassador and his linguister.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

The officer commanding it stopped the ambassador and the linguister and let the soldiers go on at a round trot toward the great gate, which stood open, the bayonet on the musket of the sentry shining with an errant gleam of light like the sword of fire at the entrance of Paradise.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

It was a queerly assorted embassy that rode out of the gates of the stockade, the ambassador and his linguister.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

Peninnah Penelope Anne, although restored to private life and the maternal domicile, having retired from statecraft and the functions of linguister to the embassy, did not altogether escape public utility in these bellicose preparations.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

A tumult of questions assailed the little linguister.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886

George, and night though it was, a detail of mounted soldiers appeared presently with orders to escort the ambassador and his linguister into the presence of that officer.

The Frontiersmen Mary Noailles Murfree 1886