scholiast
scholiast is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 23 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. Macaulay.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- annotator
- cicerone
- commentator
- courier
- demonstrator
- dragoman
- explainer
- exponent
- expositor
- expounder
- glossarist
- interpreter
- metaphrast
- mouthpiece
- oneirocritic
- oracle
- paraphrast
- place
- prolocutor
- showman
- speaker
- spokesman
- valet
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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