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glossator.

One who writes glosses.

9 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. One who writes glosses.

  2. A legal scholar of the Middle Ages, (specifically) one who authored glosses on legal texts (especially the Corpus Juris of Justinian), typically distinguished from the later commentators who wrote in extended prose and adopted a more pragmatic form of jurisprudence.

    historical
Where this word comes from

From Middle English glosatour, from Medieval Latin glōsātor, glossātor, from glōsāre, glōssāre (“to gloss”) + Latin -tor (agent suffix).

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