GLOSSATOR

Noun

glossator (plural glossators)

(historical) A legal scholar of the Middle Ages, specifically one who authored commentaries or glosses on legal texts (often the Corpus Juris of Justinian).

Coordinate terms

• glossatrix

Source: Wiktionary


Glos*sa"tor, n. Etym: [LL. See 3d Gloss.]

Definition: A writer of glosses or comments; a commentator. [R.] "The . . . glossators of Aristotle." Milman.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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