glossator

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Synonyms: glossata, glossators, glossate

Antonyms: glossata, glossators, glossate

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Noun

1. One who writes [[gloss]]es.
2. {{lb|en|historical|law}} A [[legal]] [[scholar]] of the [[Middle Ages]], {{lb|en|specifically}} one who authored [[gloss]]es on legal texts (especially the ''{{w|Corpus Juris Civilis|Corpus Juris}}'' of Justinian), typically distinguished from the later [[commentator]]s who wrote in extended [[prose]] and adopted a more [[pragmatic]] form of [[jurisprudence]].

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