glossator

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see also: Glossator

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Etymology

From Middle English glosatour, from Medieval Latin glōsātor, glossātor, from glōsāre, glōssāre + Latin -tor.

Noun

glossator (plural glossators)

1. One who writes glosses.
2. (historical, law) A legal scholar of the Middle Ages, (specifically) one who authored glosses on legal texts (especially the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian), typically distinguished from the later commentators who wrote in extended prose and adopted a more pragmatic form of jurisprudence.

Related terms

• glossatory

Translations

• French: glossateur
• German: Glossator
• Italian: glossatore

Translations

• French: glossateur
• German: Glossator
• Italian: glossatore

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Glossator

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Noun

glossator (plural glossators)

1. medieval legal scholar

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