glosser
- noun
- /ˈɡlɑːsər/
- The glosser included helpful explanations for the ancient terms in the manuscript.
Examples
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The glosser explained the difficult terms in the text.
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Each chapter was reviewed by a glosser who added notes for the students.
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A skilled glosser can make difficult texts much easier to understand.
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Many students rely on a glosser for their literature classes.
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The glosser included helpful explanations for the ancient terms in the manuscript.
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Many students rely on a glosser for their literature classes.
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Each chapter was reviewed by a glosser who added notes for the students.
Synonyms
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3.9
A person or tool that makes things easy to understand
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9.0
A person who explains ideas clearly, often in talks or writing
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5.3
A person who explains ideas to make them easier to understand
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4.6
Someone or something that tells what a word means
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8.0
A person who explains texts or difficult ideas clearly
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A person who explains ideas clearly and gives details
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4.6
A person or thing that makes an idea easier to understand
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A person or tool that adds notes and labels to text and data to explain it
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7.0
A person who explains and adds details to make something clearer
A person who writes short notes that explain difficult words in a text
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Glosser comes from the idea of a gloss — a short note that explains a difficult word, like the notes in a glossary. So a glosser is someone who adds those helpful explanations to a text.