scholiast Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)

WordNet

Scho"li*ast noun
Etymology
Gr. , fr. a scholium: cf. F. scoliate. See Scholium.
Definitions
  1. A maker of scholia; a commentator or annotator.
    No . . . quotations from Talmudists and scholiasts . . . ever marred the effect of his grave temperate discourses. Macaulay.

Webster 1913