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glossator

[glo-sey-ter, glaw-]
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noun
  1. a person who writes glosses; glossarist.
  2. one of the medieval interpreters of the Roman and canon laws.
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Origin of glossator

1350–1400; Middle English glosator < Medieval Latin glōssātor commentator, equivalent to glōssā(re) to explain, interpret (see gloss2) + Latin -tor -tor
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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Historical Examples

  • On this account the glossator has described this system as one with the sixteenfold system of Jaimini.

    The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha

    Madhava Acharya

  • Thus the glossator writes: "After learning the sacred rites," he desires to know the absolute.

  • A glossator has added in LA the marginal note "Priests formerly wore cowls."

British Dictionary definitions for glossator

glossator

noun
  1. Also called: glossarist, glossist, glossographer a writer of glosses and commentaries, esp (in the Middle Ages) an interpreter of Roman and Canon Law
  2. a compiler of a glossary
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Word Origin and History for glossator

n.

"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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