librarian
a person trained in library science and engaged in library service.
a person who is in charge of any specialized body of literature, as a collection of musical scores.
Origin of librarian
1Other words from librarian
- sub·li·brar·i·an, noun
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How to use librarian in a sentence
The odor of cooking and pipe smoke penetrated the air, and soot from baking bread in the basement damaged books in the Library of Congress, a librarian noted.
Troops lodged in the Capitol in 1861. It was a wreck when they left. | Meryl Kornfield, Felicia Sonmez | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostShe hopes that the books will be cataloged by the end of January, and that she and the other reference librarians can start answering food-related questions and adding to the site shortly thereafter.
The Internet’s Most Incredible Collection of Food History Has Been Saved | Dayna Evans | January 12, 2021 | EaterPhilip Williams, a librarian at a Singapore school, has used games on Roblox, a popular platform for the preteen set, to teach physics concepts.
Kids are sick of Zoom too—so their teachers are getting creative | Tanya Basu | December 12, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewShe can describe the real experience of librarians and borrowers who are often overlooked in the copyright debates.
As libraries fight for access to e-books, a new copyright champion emerges | Jeff | November 28, 2020 | FortuneTo help with that task, librarians have compiled a 2020 Election Reading List, with nearly 200 nonfiction and fiction titles for adults, kids, and teens.
A reading list for the 2020 presidential election, from the New York Public Library | Rachel King | October 6, 2020 | Fortune
The mother had left the fields to become a librarian and her love of literature passed on to her three children.
For Next AG, Obama Picks a Quiet Fighter With a Heavy Punch | Michael Daly | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTMarjorie Wilkes Huntley was a New Age feminist, a widow, and a librarian.
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHow about the man who created her—a lover of women who lived with a wife, his lover, their children, and a wayward librarian?
Wonder Woman’s Creation Story Is Wilder Than You Could Ever Imagine | Tom Arnold-Forster | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOn stage, Amber spoofed Sarah Palin in a topknot and librarian glasses, yanking a toy gun and stuffed moose from her skirt.
Best Career Arc Ever: From Burlesque To Bartending | Anne Berry | September 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAloof and bookish, Pius XI (Achille Ratti) spent years as a Vatican librarian before becoming a diplomat and cardinal.
How the Catholic Church Got in Bed with Mussolini | Jason Berry | February 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause it's so much pleasanter, in a small library like this, to poke about by one's self—with the help of the librarian.
Summer | Edith WhartonThe Marchesa Baroli, at Turin, provided for his maintenance, by engaging him as her secretary and librarian.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment | Silvio PellicoThe librarian told me I'd never find a copy, and this was on top of a pile of trash in a second-hand shop right here in this town.
A Hoosier Chronicle | Meredith NicholsonShe had been trusted by the librarian to take good care of it.
Space Prison | Tom GodwinIn any case, she may ask the librarian to advise her which biography to read first.
The Canadian Girl at Work | Marjory MacMurchy
British Dictionary definitions for librarian
/ (laɪˈbrɛərɪən) /
a person in charge of or assisting in a library
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