Found 2 items, similar to scholiast.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: scholiast scholiast n : a scholar who writes explanatory notes on an author (especially an ancient commentator on a classical author)
English → English (gcide) Definition: Scholiast 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]