bibliothecarian
UK/ˌbɪb.li.ə(ʊ).θəˈkɛəɹi.ən/US/ˌbɪb.li.oʊ.θəˈkɛɹi.ən/
bibliothecarian noun: a librarian.
Noun
bibliothecarian (plural bibliothecarians)
- A librarian.
Adjective
bibliothecarian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to libraries.
- But to return to my dear Friend’s Miſtreſs, the Library of the Church of Worceſter. A little before I left the place, we had procured a fine Collection of the Bibliothecarian Writers of ſeveral Countries, with which he was much pleaſed, and I ſuppoſe never left off till he compleated them; […]1708, George Hickes, “The Preface”, in Seventeen Sermons of the Reverend and Learned Dr. William Hopkins, […]. Published with a Preface Containing a Short Account of His Life., London: […] W[illiam]...
- Far from encouraging mere bibliomania, Naudé proposed to direct a wealthy collector into paths of bibliothecarian righteousness, demonstrating as clearly as he could within the bounds of politesse the public and national values that might be possessed by a fine library liberally administered and...1951 January, Harcourt Brown, “Advice on Establishing a Library. By Gabriel Naudé, […]”, in The Library Quarterly, volume XXI, number 1, Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- Synonyms:
- bibliothecal, bibliothecarial, bibliothecary, bibliothetic, bibliothetical, librarial
Synonyms of bibliothecarian
Forms of bibliothecarian
| plural | bibliothecarians |
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Origin of bibliothecarian
From Latin bibliothēcārius + -an.
Words that rhyme with bibliothecarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- librarian
- lunarian
- Marian
- planetarian
- Ripuarian
- Solarian
- trinitarian
- alphabetarian
- antiauthoritarian
- aquarian
- Bolivarian
- communitarian
- contrarian
- corpuscularian
- denarian
- flexitarian
- futilitarian
- infirmarian
- Kaffrarian
- necessitarian
- nonsectarian
- paraovarian
- parian
- pollotarian
- proprietarian
- quinarian
- sacramentarian
- sanitarian
- semivegetarian
- Tartarean
- Tartarian
- Tocharian
- tricenarian
- valetudinarian
- vestiarian
- acarian
- actiniarian
- actuarian
- aerarian
- alcyonarian
- altitudinarian
- antelapsarian
- antiacarian
- antiegalitarian
Questions about bibliothecarian
- What does bibliothecarian mean?
- Bibliothecarian means a librarian.
- What part of speech is bibliothecarian?
- Bibliothecarian can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce bibliothecarian?
- Bibliothecarian is pronounced /ˌbɪb.li.ə(ʊ).θəˈkɛəɹi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bibliothecarian?
- The plural of bibliothecarian is bibliothecarians.
Words near bibliothecarian in the dictionary
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