librarian

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  1. noun A person who is a specialist in library work.
  2. noun A person who is responsible for a collection of specialized or technical information or materials, such as musical scores or computer documentation.

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  • Ranov was quicker on his feet; he grabbed the librarian, they collided hard, and then Ranov leaped back from him with a cry and the librarian was in flight again. —  The Historian
  • Her substitute, a librarian from the English Midlands, had already arrived in Pickax. —  Braun_lilian_Jackson_09_The_Cat_Who_went_Underground
  • Being a librarian is a perfect occupation for someone who is slightly magical and doesn't want to broadcast the fact.
  • Finding the desired book used to take hours for the librarian, and, most of the times the persons who ask for books had to wait for a long time. —  The Code Project Latest Articles
  • Steve Benen, over at The Washington Monthly claims that the librarian was actually fired, then brought back due to public outcry, but he doesn't cite a source other than the Time article, so I'm suspending judgment on that. —  feminist blogs
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  1. In def. 1, from Latin librarius, a transcriber of books, also a bookseller (later Italian librajo = Spanish librero = Portuguese livreiro, a bookseller, = Old French libraire, a bookseller, transcriber, a writer of books, French libraire, a bookseller), from librarius, belonging to books: see library. In def. 2 as if directly from library + -an.
 

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/laɪˈbreɪriən/
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