/ English Dictionary

LIBRARIAN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

Synonyms:

bibliothec; librarian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("librarian" is a kind of...):

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "librarian"):

cataloger; cataloguer (a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system)

Instance hyponyms:

Dewey; Melvil Dewey; Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey (United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931))

Derivation:

librarianship (the position of librarian)

Credits

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