librariann.
/lʌɪˈbrɛːrɪən/, U.S. /laɪˈbrɛriən/ΘΚΠ
society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > copyist
librarya1382
scribe1535
exemplifier1552
stationer1576
copier1597
transcriber1610
transcriptor1617
copy-clerk1623
exscribera1631
bibliographer1656
calligrapher1662
librarian1670
copist1682
copyist1699
calligraph1801
copiator1811
calligraphist1816
copying clerk1836
chirographer1848
1670 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. II iv. i. 370 The Booksellers got these books transcribed..by unmeet Librarians.
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey III. xii. Observ. 216 This is the error of the Librarians, who put τρὶς for δὶς.
2. The keeper or custodian of a library. (This word has supplanted the older library-keeper.)
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > librarian > [noun]
bibliothecar1581
bibliothecary1611
library-keeper1647
librarier1667
bibliothecarian1685
librarian1713
bibliothec1859
librarianess1862
reference librarian1892
branch librarian1938
teacher-librarian1975
1713 R. Steele Englishman No. 1. 8 Why mayn't I be witty, as a Man that keeps a Librarian is Learned?
1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1754 I. 148 Mr. Wise, Radclivian librarian, with whom Johnson was much pleased.
1829 University Instr. in R. Willis & J. W. Clark Archit. Hist. Univ. Cambr. (1886) III. 104 A projecting Room..for the use of the Librarian.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in books
librarier1480
librar1596
librarian1744
1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 240 This Mr. Scot was, in his Time, the greatest Librarian in Europe: for besides his Stock in England, he had Warehouses at Francfort, Paris, and other Places.
Derivatives
liˈbrarianess n. a female librarian.
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > librarian > [noun]
bibliothecar1581
bibliothecary1611
library-keeper1647
librarier1667
bibliothecarian1685
librarian1713
bibliothec1859
librarianess1862
reference librarian1892
branch librarian1938
teacher-librarian1975
1862 A. Trollope N. Amer. I. 360 The librarianesses looked very pretty and learned..; the head librarian was enthusiastic.
liˈbrarianship n. the office or work of a librarian.
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society > communication > book > library or collection of books > librarian > [noun] > office of
librarianship1818
1818 H. J. Todd Johnson's Dict. Eng. Lang. Librarianship.
1871 Daily News 12 Apr. 5 In depriving the learned book-fancier of his librarianship.
1886 Academy 19 June 432/3 An essay on some subject in librarianship or bibliography.
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