Chomsky

/ˈtʃɑmski/
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Definitions of Chomsky
  1. noun
    United States linguist whose theory of generative grammar redefined the field of linguistics (born 1928)
    synonyms: A. Noam Chomsky, Noam Chomsky
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    linguist, linguistic scientist
    a specialist in linguistics
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