antiquary
Americannoun
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an expert on or student of antiquities.
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a collector of antiquities.
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Etymology
Origin of antiquary
1555–65; < Latin antīquārius a student of the past, equivalent to antīqu ( us ) ancient, old ( see antique) + -ārius -ary
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Damant in the Indian Antiquary for April 6, 1872, p.
From Indian Fairy Tales by Anonymous
This was the second of a series of articles in that Journal, conceived and executed in a tone widely different from those given to Waverley, Guy Mannering, and The Antiquary.
From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)
What has been the fate of the dramas of Ivanhoe, The Antiquary, Guy Mannering, Rob Roy, or Sir Walter's other popular novels?
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 370, August 1846 by Various
Well, among the novels of Scott, I was going to say, none perhaps more grows upon our preference than the Antiquary.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 377, March 1847 by Various
For a full discussion of the subject, see Mr. MacRitchie's "Memories of the Picts," in the Scottish Antiquary for 1900.
From Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth
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