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glosser

glosser noun: a writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.

Noun

glosser (plural glossers)

  1. A writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.
    • the Glossers upon the Alcoran1679, Lancelot Addison, The Life and Death of Mahumed
  2. A polisher; one who gives a luster.

Proper noun capitalized: Glosser

Glosser (plural Glossers)

  1. A surname.

Forms of glosser

Noun
pluralglossers
Proper noun
pluralGlossers

Origin of glosser

From gloss + -er.

Questions about glosser

What does glosser mean?
Glosser means a writer of glosses; a scholiast; a commentator.
What part of speech is glosser?
Glosser can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of glosser?
The plural of glosser is glossers.

Words near glosser in the dictionary

  1. glossemes
  2. glossen
  3. glossened
  4. glossening
  5. glossens
  6. glosser
  7. glossers
  8. glosses
  9. glosses over
  10. glossic
  11. glossid

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