SCHOLIAST

scholiast. Scholiast, [ch as k] n. a writer of scholiums or short notes

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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.