masorete

Noun

Mas=o=rete

WORDNET DICTIONARY

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

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