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noun
- A scholar who writes commentaries on the works of an author, especially one of the ancient commentators of classical authors.
- 1981: like it or not, I was caught up once more in the "s game, paring popular notions of the "queer" and "unearthly" from notions of the "monstrous". " John Gardner, Freddy's Book (Abacus 1982, p. 8)
Etymology: From late Latin scholiasta, from late Greek ', from ', from "scholium".
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