'Scholiast' definitions:
Definition of 'scholiast'
(from WordNet)
noun
A scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
Definition of 'Scholiast'
From: GCIDE
- Scholiast \Scho"li*ast\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? a scholium: cf. F. scoliate. See Scholium.] A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator. [1913 Webster]
- No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'scholiast'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- allegorist,
- annotator,
- book reviewer,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censor,
- censurer,
- cicerone,
- clarifier,
- cognoscente,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- connoisseur,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cryptanalyst,
- cryptographer,
- cryptologist,
- decoder,
- definer,
- demonstrator,
- demythologizer,
- diaskeuast,
- dragoman,
- editor,
- editorial writer,
- editorialist,
- emendator,
- emender,
- euhemerist,
- exegesist,
- exegete,
- exegetist,
- explainer,
- explicator,
- exponent,
- expositor,
- expounder,
- faultfinder,
- glossarist,
- glossographer,
- go-between,
- guide,
- hermeneut,
- interpreter,
- leader writer,
- lexicographer,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- metaphrast,
- muckraker,
- news analyst,
- oneirocritic,
- paraphrast,
- publicist,
- reviewer,
- smellfungus,
- social critic,
- textual critic,
- translator