librarian
[lahy-brair-ee-uh n]
- a person trained in library science and engaged in library service.
- a person in charge of a library, especially the chief administrative officer of a library.
- a person who is in charge of any specialized body of literature, as a collection of musical scores.
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Origin of librarian
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Examples from the Web for librarian
Contemporary Examples
The mother had left the fields to become a librarian and her love of literature passed on to her three children.
Marjorie Wilkes Huntley was a New Age feminist, a widow, and a librarian.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever ImagineTom Arnold-Forster
November 3, 2014
On stage, Amber spoofed Sarah Palin in a topknot and librarian glasses, yanking a toy gun and stuffed moose from her skirt.
Aloof and bookish, Pius XI (Achille Ratti) spent years as a Vatican librarian before becoming a diplomat and cardinal.
Nicole Steeves, 36, a librarian from Chicago, met Jones earlier this year.
Historical Examples
Many years librarian and private secretary to the Duke of Bedford.
Clarissa did not marry a librarian as her sister did, nor did she marry a financier, as was expected of her.
Galusha the MagnificentJoseph C. Lincoln
The librarian of the State University always has been a woman.
Zanetti was the librarian of St. Marks and the nephew of the famous chiaroscurist.
John Baptist JacksonJacob Kainen
I'm a librarian myself, and I should be at my library this blessed moment.
Mary Rose of MifflinFrances R. Sterrett
librarian
- a person in charge of or assisting in a library
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Word Origin and History for librarian
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