glossist

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noun

A writer of glosses, or comments.

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Meanings

nounglossist (plural glossists)

plural glossists

  1. obsoleteA writer of glosses, or comments.

    To establish by law a thing wholly unlawful and dishonest , is an affirmation was never heard of before in any law , reason , philosophy , or religion , till it was raised by inconsiderate glossists from the mistake of this text

    1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC

Origin

From gloss + -ist.

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APA

glossist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossist

MLA

“glossist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glossist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glossist.

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