antiquarian

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Kleptomania is met with in the book-worm or the antiquarian, as well as in the feminine lover of dress or those in poverty and distress.

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  1. noun One who studies, collects, or deals in antiquities.
  2. adjective Of or relating to antiquarians or to the study or collecting of antiquities.
  3. adjective Dealing in or having to do with old or rare books.

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  • A mere antiquarian is a rugged being Upon the whole, you see that what I might say in sport or petulance to him, is very consistent with full conviction of his merit I am, dear Sir Your most, ;c SAM. —  Life Of Johnson, Vol. 3
  • He was a sort of artist or antiquarian, and couldn't be got away from the tithe-barn. —  THE ISLAND OF SHEEP
  • The stores here tend toward the antiquarian, although at the intersection with rue Jean-Jacques-Rousseau lies one of the stores of the extraordinary shoe designer of —  Vertigo: Collecting & Reading W.G. Sebald
  • Mr. Fleming was an enthusiastic antiquarian, and revelled in the history of the neighbourhood. —  A harum-scarum schoolgirl
  • Kleptomania is met with in the book-worm or the antiquarian, as well as in the feminine lover of dress or those in poverty and distress. —  The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 4, April, 1891
 

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/æntɪˈkweɪriən/
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