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SCHOLIAST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("scholiast" is a kind of...):
bookman; scholar; scholarly person; student (a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scholiast"):
glossarist (a scholiast who writes glosses or glossaries)
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