Definition of Glossarist

1. Noun. A scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries.

Generic synonyms: Scholiast

Definition of Glossarist

1. n. A writer of glosses or of a glossary; a commentator; a scholiast.

Definition of Glossarist

1. Noun. someone who writes a glossary ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Glossarist

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glossarist

gloryholers
glorying
gloss
gloss-
gloss over
glossa
glossae
glossagra
glossal
glossalgia
glossanthrax
glossarial
glossarially
glossaries
glossarist (current term)
glossarists
glossary
glossas
glossata
glossator
glossators
glossatrices
glossatrix
glossectomy
glossed
glossed over
glosseme
glossemes
glosser

Literary usage of Glossarist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The writer of a gloss ; a glossarist ; a scholiast. .... A writer of glosses; a glossarist. Savigny . . . defends his favourite glowers in the best manner ..."

2. Epea Pteroenta, Or, The Diversions of Purley by John Horne Tooke (1807)
"The glossarist of Douglas, in his explanation, says. ... But the glossarist was at a loss for the meaning of the epithet STAY; and therefore he introduces ..."

3. ProceedingsSri (1882)
"The other references are samples of such as would be added by each glossarist from the book he might be dealing with. •' Mil. ..."

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