polyglot

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Cook, a polyglot who can speak six languages, has also been well served by nominative determinism: She is the founder and CEO of the Cook School Cooking School.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

Historians say the deprivation contributed to the growing ethnic tensions of the polyglot state, which led to the Bosnian War in the 1990s.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2025

That now extends to about 20 countries, including Ireland and Singapore and extending to polyglot Holland and Germany.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025

Its architecture was a polyglot of building styles — kind of like Beverly Hills — but here’s the best part: It was noir, through and through.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 20, 2024

With his passing, he evaded the overwhelming consequence of his success: the challenge of consolidating a polyglot empire unprecedented in size and comprising peoples who, by and large, despised each other.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro