archivist

English

Etymology

From archive + -ist.

Pronunciation

• enPR: /är'kə-vĭst/ or är'kī'-vĭst/, IPA: /ˈɑː(r)kəvɪst/, /ˈɑː(r)ˌkaɪvɪst/, X-SAMPA: /"A:(r)k@vIst/, /"A:(r)%kaIvIst/

Noun

archivist (plural archivists)

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

   The billionaire's will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence.

Synonyms

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

Translations

one who creates, maintains or controls archives

• Dutch: archivaris (nl)
• Greek: αρχειοφύλακας (el) (arkhiofílakas) m and f
• Interlingua: archivista (ia)

• Spanish: archivero (es)
• Swedish: arkivarie (sv)