archivist
/ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/
archivist noun: one who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
Noun
archivist (plural archivists)
- One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
- The billionaire’s will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence.
- Synonyms:
- archiver, historian, librarian, preservationist, recordkeeper, scribe
archivist meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Tagalog
archivist in Hindi
- one who creates, maintains or controls archives
- पुराभिलेखपाल purābhilekhpāl
archivist in Tamil
- ஆவணக் காப்பாளர், சுவடிக் காப்பாளர், கோப்பாளர்
archivist in Kannada
- one who creates, maintains or controls archives
- ಸಂಗ್ರಹಕಾರರನ್ನು saṅgrahakārarannu
archivist in Tagalog
- one who creates, maintains or controls archives
- tagasinop
More languagesFewer languages
- archivist in Indonesian
- arsiparis, pengarsip
- archivist in Vietnamese
- chuyên viên lưu trữ
Synonyms of archivist
Forms of archivist
| plural | archivists |
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Origin of archivist
From archive + -ist.
Questions about archivist
- What does archivist mean?
- Archivist means one who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
- What is archivist in Hindi?
- Archivist in Hindi is पुराभिलेखपाल (purābhilekhpāl). See Archivist meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is archivist?
- Archivist is a noun.
- How do you pronounce archivist?
- Archivist is pronounced /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/.
- What is the plural of archivist?
- The plural of archivist is archivists.
Words near archivist in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: archivist (page history and authors); archivist (Tamil 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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