glossistn.
/ˈɡlɒsɪst/ A writer of glosses; a commentator.
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glossatorc1380
glozer1380
glosser1603
glossographer1607
glossist1641
glottographer1660
glossary?1706
glossarist1778
glossograph1885
glossarian1887
1641 R. Baker Apol. Lay-mens Writing in Divinity 91 The Scribes and Pharises were no Priests; yet who greater Glossists.
1653 J. Collinges Responsoria ad Erratica Piscatoris ix. sig. I1 Barborous words, unknowne to the Latine tongue,..all which savour of a Glossist, or a Casuist.
1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. II. 74 [Azo, Univ. Bologna, 13th cent.] was one of the most eminent of the glossists, or commentators of his time.
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