"glossist" meaning in English

See glossist in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: glossists [plural]
Etymology: From gloss + -ist. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|gloss|ist}} gloss + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} glossist (plural glossists)
  1. (obsolete) A writer of glosses, or comments. Tags: obsolete

Inflected forms

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