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antiquarian

Syllables: an·ti·quar·i·anUS/ˌæn.tɪˈkwɛɹ.i.ən/

antiquarian adjective: pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.

Adjective

antiquarian (comparative more antiquarian, superlative most antiquarian)

  1. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.
    • antiquarian literature

Noun

antiquarian (plural antiquarians)

  1. A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques.

antiquarian meaning in Tamil and Urdu

antiquarian in Tamil

பழம்பொருள், தொல்பொருள் வல்லுநர், ஆய்வாளர், மாணவர், தொல்பொருள் ஆர்வலர், சேகரிப்பாளர்

antiquarian in Urdu

عتیقہ شناس, پاستانی, قدامتی

Examples of antiquarian in a sentence

  • The Minotaur! the Labyrinth—such words do not suggest the solemnities of antiquarian research.
  • Everything at the fair was considered “antiquarian books or ephemera”.
  • But, for Livy, Roman patriotism is overriding, and this issues, of course, in an antiquarian attention to the city's origins.

All 11 example sentences with antiquarian

Synonyms of antiquarian

Forms of antiquarian

Adjective
comparativemore antiquarian
superlativemost antiquarian
alternative formantiquitarian
Noun
pluralantiquarians

Origin of antiquarian

From antiquary + -an.

Words formed from antiquarian

Questions about antiquarian

What does antiquarian mean?
Antiquarian means pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity.
What is antiquarian in Tamil?
Antiquarian in Tamil is பழம்பொருள், தொல்பொருள் வல்லுநர், ஆய்வாளர். See Antiquarian meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is antiquarian?
Antiquarian can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce antiquarian?
Antiquarian is pronounced /ˌæn.tɪˈkwɛɹ.i.ən/ (US).

Words near antiquarian in the dictionary

  1. antiqs.
  2. antiqua
  3. antiquackery
  4. antiquake
  5. antiquaria
  6. antiquarian
  7. antiquarianise
  8. antiquarianised
  9. antiquarianises
  10. antiquarianising
  11. antiquarianism

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Adapted from Wiktionary: antiquarian (page history and authors); antiquarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); antiquarian (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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