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glos·sary (glôsə rē, gläs-)

noun pl. glossaries -·ries

a list of difficult, technical, or foreign terms with definitions or translations, as for some particular author, field of knowledge, etc., often included in alphabetical listing at the end of a textbook

Etymology: ME glosarie < L glossarium < glossa: see gloss

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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