Scholiast

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One of the ancient commentators who annotated the classical authors.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A scholar who writes commentaries on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators of classical authors.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who makes scholia; a commentator; an annotator; especially, an ancient grammarian who annotated the classics.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    scholarly person    student    bookman    scholar   
    Hyponym
    glossarist   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    popularizer    annotator    newspaperman    face-painting    declaimer   
     
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