glossator
[ glo-sey-ter, glaw- ]
/ glɒˈseɪ tər, glɔ- /
noun
a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
one of the medieval interpreters of the Roman and canon laws.
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Nearby words
glossae, glossal, glossalgia, glossarial, glossary, glossator, glossatorial, glossectomy, glossematics, glosseme, glosser
Origin of glossator
Related formsglos·sa·to·ri·al [glos-uh-tawr-ee-uh l, -tohr-, glaw-suh-] /ˌglɒs əˈtɔr i əl, -ˈtoʊr-, ˈglɔ sə-/, adjective
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Examples from the Web for glossator
On this account the glossator has described this system as one with the sixteenfold system of Jaimini.
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha|Madhava AcharyaThus the glossator writes: "After learning the sacred rites," he desires to know the absolute.
The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha|Madhava AcharyaA glossator has added in LA the marginal note "Priests formerly wore cowls."
The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran|Anonymous
British Dictionary definitions for glossator
glossator
/ (ɡlɒˈseɪtə) /
noun
Also called: glossarist, glossist, glossographer a writer of glosses and commentaries, esp (in the Middle Ages) an interpreter of Roman and Canon Law
a compiler of a glossary
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Word Origin and History for glossator
glossator
"writer of glosses," late 14c., from Medieval Latin glossator, from Latin glossa (see gloss (n.2)). Also in same sense were glossographer (c.1600), glossographist (1774).
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