glossator

[glo-sey-ter, glaw-]

noun

1. a person who writes glosses; glossarist.

2. one of the medieval interpreters of the Roman and canon laws.

glossator

/ ɡlɒˈseɪtə /

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

Other Word Forms

• glossatorial adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of glossator¹

1350–1400; Middle English glosator < Medieval Latin glōssātor commentator, equivalent to glōssā ( re ) to explain, interpret ( gloss ² ) + Latin -tor -tor

Example Sentences

Yet the complete oblivion into which they fell is seen in the learned glossator Johannes Andreas, who died in 1348, remarking that perhaps the name of the sect may be derived from some one who founded it.

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

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Let him who has been honoured so, In truth a rara avis, Find precedents in Cicero And our Chief Justice Davis; And more than all in Cino; he, So plaintive a narrator Of fair Selvaggia's cruelty, Won fame as a glossator.

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He owes his title of Glossator to his well-known Postillæ, or Brief Commentaries on the whole Bible.

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

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