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masorete
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun masorete has 1 sense
- masorete(n = noun.person) masorite, massorete - a scholar who is expert on the Masorah (especially one of the Jewish scribes who contributed to the Masorah); Array is a kind of bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student
OXFORD DICTIONARY
masorete, n. (also Massorete) a Jewish scholar contributing to the Masorah.
Derivative
Masoretic adj.
Etymology
F Massoret & mod.L Massoreta, orig. a misuse of Heb. (see MASORAH), assim. to -ETE
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