1. plural of glosser; people who write glosses (explanatory notes or comments on a text)
Usage: academic or literary context
2. plural of glosser; people who provide superficial or misleading explanations
Usage: informal

Examples

• Medieval glossers added detailed notes in the margins of biblical manuscripts.
• The glossers of that ancient text helped scholars understand its difficult passages.
• Literary glossers often disagree about the intended meaning of ambiguous phrases.
• Some glossers tried to gloss over the contradictions in the argument.
• The glossers provided helpful explanations for each technical term in the document.