A person who makes or writes glosses; a compiler of glossaries or one who explains texts through marginal annotations.
From gloss plus -arist suffix (person who practices something), referring to someone dedicated to creating glosses and glossaries for texts.
Medieval glossarists spent their entire lives annotating one text—like monks perfecting the ultimate annotated edition, showing that detailed explanation is an ancient obsession.
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