cataloger
noun
a person who catalogs.
cataloguer
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a variation of
cataloger.
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a word derived from
catalog.
catalognouna list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material.
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a word derived from
catalogue.
cataloguenouna complete, usually alphabetical list of items, often with notes giving details
Example Sentences
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Chris Elmy, cataloguer at Lockdales, said it was a "very rare, if unappetising" bar.
From BBC ● May 12, 2026
As a junior cataloguer at U-Va. in the 1980s, Nelson said it took three weeks of training to learn the layers of organization necessary.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 28, 2019
He left university in 1954 and found a job as a cataloguer in London’s National Portrait Gallery.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2018
Carolyn Hansen, the society’s map cataloguer, began to gently unfurl the canvas.
From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2011
To discriminate carefully the various editions of each work is part of the necessary duty of the cataloguer.
From A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries by Ainsworth Rand Spofford
