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Scholiast

Scholiast Meaning & Definition
Scholiast Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Scholiast?

[n] a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)

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See Also | scholar | scholarly person | student

Scholiast In Webster's Dictionary

\Scho"li*ast\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a scholium: cf. F. scoliate. See {Scholium}.] A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. --Macaulay.

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