librarian
/laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/
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British/lɑjˈbɹɛːɹɪjən/
librarian noun: the keeper, manager of a library.
Noun
librarian (plural librarians)
- The keeper, manager of a library.
- The amenities of the institute include a well-arranged open-access library of 18,000 volumes, and a small but valuable reference library of railway literature; the present writer is Librarian.1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149
- One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.
- A person who processes and organizes information.
librarian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
librarian in Hindi
- the manager of a library
- पुस्तकाध्यक्ष pustakādhyakṣ, लाइब्रेरियन lāibreriyan, पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष pustakālyādhyakṣ
librarian in Tamil
- நூலகர்
librarian in Marathi
- librarian
- ग्रंथपाल granthpāl
librarian in Urdu
- امیر المکتب, کتاب دار
More languagesFewer languages
- librarian in Bengali
- গ্রন্থাগারিক, লাইব্রেরিঅ্যান
- librarian in Telugu
- లైబ్రేరియన్
- librarian in Malayalam
- പുസ്തകശാലാധികാരി, ഗ്രന്ഥശാലാപരിപാലകൻ, ഗ്രന്ഥാലയവിചാരകൻ, ഗ്രന്ഥശാലാധികാരി
- librarian in Kannada
- ಗ್ರಂಥಪಾಲಕ, ಗ್ರಂಥಾಲಯದ ಅಧಿಕಾರಿ
- librarian in Punjabi
- ਲਾਇਬ੍ਰੇਰੀਅਨ lāibrerīana
- librarian in Gujarati
- ગ્રંથપાલ
- librarian in Odia
- ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥାଗାରିକ, ଲାଇବ୍ରେରିଆନ୍, ଲାଇବ୍ରେରୀଯ଼ନ୍
- librarian in Nepali
- ग्रन्थागारिक, पुस्तकालयाधिकारी
- librarian in Pashto
- کتابدار ketābdār
- librarian in Tagalog
- tagaingat-aklatan
- librarian in Arabic
- أَمِين مَكْتَبَة ʔamīn maktaba, أَمِينَةْ مَكْتَبَة ʔamīnat maktaba
- librarian in Malay
- pustakawan
- librarian in Indonesian
- pustakawan, pustakawati
- librarian in Persian
- کتابدار ketâbdâr
- librarian in Thai
- บรรณารักษ์ ban-naa-rák
- librarian in Vietnamese
- thủ thư
- librarian in Myanmar
- စာကြည့်တိုက်မှူး ca-krany.tuikhmu:
Examples of librarian in a sentence
- The librarian was placed at home by her neighbor at the time of the murder.
- I would rather figure things out on my own than ask that peevish librarian for help.
- I wanted to take out the encyclopedia, but the librarian said it was a reference book.
Synonyms of librarian
- library-keeper
Forms of librarian
| plural | librarians |
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Origin of librarian
From library + -an. First attested around 1710.
Words formed from librarian
Words that rhyme with librarian
- Darien
- barbarian
- Aryan
- libertarian
- Arian
- documentarian
- humanitarian
- sabbatarian
- sectarian
- unitarian
- vegetarian
- -arian
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- agrarian
- Bulgarian
- caesarian
- catenarian
- 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
- antilapsarian
Questions about librarian
- What does librarian mean?
- Librarian means the keeper, manager of a library.
- What is librarian in Hindi?
- Librarian in Hindi is पुस्तकाध्यक्ष (pustakādhyakṣ), लाइब्रेरियन (lāibreriyan), पुस्तकालयाध्यक्ष (pustakālyādhyakṣ). See Librarian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is librarian?
- Librarian is a noun.
- How do you pronounce librarian?
- Librarian is pronounced /laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of librarian?
- The plural of librarian is librarians.
Words near librarian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: librarian (page history and authors); librarian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ग्रंथपाल (Marathi) (page history and authors); librarian (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); librarian (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); librarian (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); librarian (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); librarian (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); librarian (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); librarian (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); librarian (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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