noun
Meaning 1
One who writes glosses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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glossator
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rhymes with -eɪtə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
A legal scholar of the Middle Ages, (specifically) one who authored glosses on legal texts (especially the Corpus Juris of Justinian), typically distinguished from the later commentators who wrote in extended prose and adopted a more pragmatic form of jurisprudence.
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Usage: historical
Topics: law
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noun
Meaning 3
Alternative letter-case form of glossator (medieval legal scholar)
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Usage: alt-of
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History
Etymology
From Middle English glosatour, from Medieval Latin glōsātor, glossātor, from glōsāre, glōssāre (“to gloss”) + Latin -tor (agent suffix).
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: glossateur — one who writes glosses
- German: Glossator — one who writes glosses
- Hungarian: szójegyzékíró — one who writes glosses
- Hungarian: szómagyarázó — one who writes glosses
- Italian: glossatore — one who writes glosses
- Latin: glossator — one who writes glosses
- French: glossateur — medieval legal scholar
- German: Glossator — medieval legal scholar
- Hungarian: glosszátor — medieval legal scholar
- Italian: glossatore — medieval legal scholar
- Latin: glossator — medieval legal scholar