1. Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics (1857-1913); [syn: de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure, Saussure]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
de Saussure
n 1: Swiss linguist and expert in historical linguistics whose
lectures laid the foundations for synchronic linguistics
(1857-1913) [syn: de Saussure, Ferdinand de Saussure,
Saussure]