| Polyglot 1. (a.) Speaking or composed in several languages; as, a polyglot lexicon or Bible. 2. (a.) Versed in, or speaking, many languages. 3. (n.) One who speaks several languages. 4. (n.) A book containing several versions of the same text, or containing the same subject matter in several languages; esp., the Scriptures in several languages. Thesaurus Entries atlas, bilingual, calendar, casebook, catalog, catalogue raisonne, city directory, classified catalog, concordance, cyclopedia, diatesseron, dictionary catalog, diglot, directory, encyclopedia, gazetteer, harmony, index, linguist, multilingual, phone book, record book, reference book, source book, studbook, telephone book, telephone directory, work of reference |