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glossist

glossist noun: a writer of glosses, or comments.

Noun

glossist (plural glossists)

  1. (obsolete) A 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 text1645 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

Forms of glossist

pluralglossists

Origin of glossist

From gloss + -ist.

Questions about glossist

What does glossist mean?
Glossist means a writer of glosses, or comments.
What part of speech is glossist?
Glossist is a noun.
What is the plural of glossist?
The plural of glossist is glossists.

Words near glossist in the dictionary

  1. glossinid
  2. glossinids
  3. glossiphoniid
  4. glossiphoniids
  5. glossism
  6. glossist
  7. glossists
  8. glossitic
  9. glossitis
  10. glossless
  11. glosslessness

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