ARCHIVIST

archivist

(noun) a person in charge of collecting and cataloguing archives

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

archivist (plural archivists)

One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, and organising, archives.

Synonyms

• (one who creates, maintains or controls archives): historian, librarian, preservationist, recordkeeper, scribe

Source: Wiktionary


Ar"chi*vist, n. Etym: [F. archiviste.]

Definition: A keeper of archives or records. [R.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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