Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A librarian.
- noun A library.
- Of or pertaining to a library or librarian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A librarian.
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- noun obsolete A
librarian .
Etymologies
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Latin bibliothecarius: compare French bibliothécaire.
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Examples
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My ten minutes passed very rapidly in conversation with these two experts in books, the bibliopole and the bibliothecary.
Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
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My ten minutes passed very rapidly in conversation with these two experts in books, the bibliopole and the bibliothecary.
Our Hundred Days in Europe Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851
missanthropist commented on the word bibliothecary
Keeper of a library.
Elisha Cole, English Dictionary, 1713
May 20, 2008
bestiary commented on the word bibliothecary
bibliothecary was a synonym of 'library' ca. 1553, then 'librarian' in 1611.
July 24, 2008