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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No, no; banish the Antiquary, banish Leather Stocking, and banish all the world!
From The Library and Society Reprints of Papers and Addresses by Bostwick, Arthur Elmore
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
The Antiquary magazine took up the case and cited similar discoveries, undoubtedly Phoenician, in South Devon.
From London Days A Book of Reminiscences by Warren, Arthur
For fire-walking as observed in the Madras presidency see Indian Antiquary, vii.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 4 "Finland" to "Fleury, Andre" by Various
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
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