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glossists

glossists is the plural of glossist.

Meaning of glossist

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

Questions about glossists

What is glossists the plural of?
Glossists is the plural of glossist.

Words near glossists in the dictionary

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

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