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antiquary

American  
[an-ti-kwer-ee] / ˈæn tɪˌkwɛr i /

noun

plural

antiquaries
  1. an expert on or student of antiquities.

  2. a collector of antiquities.


antiquary British  
/ ˈæntɪkwərɪ /

noun

  1. Also called: antiquarian.  a person who collects, deals in, or studies antiques, ancient works of art, or ancient times

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Etymology

Origin of antiquary

1555–65; < Latin antīquārius a student of the past, equivalent to antīqu ( us ) ancient, old ( antique ) + -ārius -ary

Example Sentences

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James, the English antiquary and ghost-story writer, to whose work I am devoted.

From Washington Post • Aug. 24, 2021

Yet Irwin is hardly a dry-as-dust antiquary, and “Wonders Will Never Cease” frequently reveals the wide range of his reading: His description of the world’s end was obviously adapted from H.G.

From Washington Post • Dec. 27, 2017

Hingley writes of the 19th-century Newcastle antiquary John Clayton, who bought as much as he could of the land through which Hadrian's wall ran, and rebuilt tracts of it.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013

In the 1890s, antiquary John Buchanan saw "an entire mass of broken stones mingled with fragments of pottery" exposed when the railway line was cut through Castlecary fort.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2013

John Audley replied arrogantly--at this moment he was an antiquary and nothing more.

From The Great House by Weyman, Stanley John