Usually means: Harshly critical or carping critic.
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  1. Zoilus, Zoilus: Merriam-Webster
  2. Zoilus: Wordnik
  3. Zoilus, zoilus: Wiktionary
  4. Zoilus: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Zoilus: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook

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  1. Zoilus: Encyclopedia

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  1. Zoilus: Wordcraft Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Zoilus)

noun:  An Ancient Greek grammarian and critic (400–320 B.C.), known for his harsh criticisms of Homer’s poems.
noun:  A critic characterized as bitter, carping, malignant.

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