librarian

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noun (1)

li·​brar·​i·​an lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən How to pronounce librarian (audio)
-ˈbre-rē-
: a specialist in the care or management of a library
librarianship
lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən-ˌship How to pronounce librarian (audio)
-ˈbre-rē-
noun

librarianship

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noun (2)

li·​brar·​i·​an·​ship -ˌship How to pronounce librarianship (audio)
: the office or duties of a librarian

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And since the gun-toting librarian who would go on to save the remaining Platts at a vital moment was among the neighbors rescued from this second teleportation, does this mean the children perish too? — Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026 OpenAI and Microsoft, for example, are working with Harvard librarians on an initiative to train AI models on about 1 million public-domain books dating back to the 15th century. — Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 12 Aug. 2026 Seiter rides her bike to her job as a librarian at Harvard University’s Kennedy School, and walks everywhere else. — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026 In 1960, Pilar, a librarian, has lost her husband to the Castro regime, and is entrusted with the book that Eva wrote many decades earlier. — The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for librarian

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Noun (1)

1702, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of librarian was in 1702

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librarian

noun
li·​brar·​i·​an lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən How to pronounce librarian (audio)
: a person in charge of a library
librarianship
-ˌship How to pronounce librarian (audio)
noun

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