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librarian

B1 Topic:People & Society
US /laɪˈbɹɛɹ.i.ən/
Freq #12385

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who works in a library and helps people find books and information.

    The librarian helped me find a book about ancient Rome.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
library-keeper
Word family
Forms librarians
Derived forms cybrariane-librarianlibrarianesslibrarianlikelibrarianlylibrarianshipnonlibrariansublibrarian
Related forms library

Etymology

From library + -an. First attested around 1710.

Topics

People & Society

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