antiquary
Americannoun
plural
antiquaries-
an expert on or student of antiquities.
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a collector of antiquities.
noun
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
Among the many strange sights that evening were parliamentary records being flung from windows, while the antiquary Thomas Phillipps ran about picking them up from the cobbles.
From The Guardian • Oct. 5, 2012
But the true identification of the various crosses is of the first importance to the antiquary, since without it descriptions of the arms on early seals or monuments must needs be valueless.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
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