librarian
See also: librarían
English
Etymology
From library + -anCategory:English terms suffixed with -an#LIBRARIAN. First attested around 1710.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /lɑjˈbɹɛːɹɪjən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- (US) enPR: lī-brâr’-ē-ən
- (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /laɪˈbɹɛə̯ɹi.ən/, /laɪˈbɹeɹi.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /laɪˈbɹɛɹi.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /lɑeˈbɹeːɹi.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- (New Zealand)
- (without the cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /lɑeˈbɹeə̯ɹi.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- (cheer–chair merger) IPA(key): /lɑeˈbɹiə̯ɹi.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA(key): /laɪˈbɹɜːɹɪ.ən/Category:English 4-syllable words#LIBRARIANCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#LIBRARIAN
- Rhymes: -ɛəɹiənCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛəɹiən#LIBRARIANCategory:Rhymes:English/ɛəɹiən/4 syllables#LIBRARIAN
Noun
librarian (plural librarians)Category:English lemmas#LIBRARIANCategory:English nouns#LIBRARIANCategory:English countable nouns#LIBRARIANCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LIBRARIANCategory:Pages with entries#LIBRARIANCategory:Pages with 1 entry#LIBRARIAN
- The keeper, manager of a library.
- 1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 149:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#LIBRARIAN
- One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer.
- A person who processes and organizes information.
Synonyms
- library-keeper (archaic)
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Translations
the manager of a library
one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
a person who processes and organizes information
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