librarian
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[edit] Etymology
Recorded since c.1374, from Anglo-French librarie, from Old French librairie "collection of books", a noun use of Latin adjective librarius "concerning books", itself from librarium "chest for books", from from liber "book, paper, parchment, originally the inner bark of trees", probably from a Proto-Indo-European base *leub(h)- "to strip, to peel"
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librarian (plural librarians)
- The keeper, manager of a library
- One who cares for the publications, files etc. in a library, whether staff or volunteer
- A person who processes and organizes information
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[edit] Synonyms
- library-keeper (archaic)
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the manager of a library
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one who cares for the publications etc. in a library
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a person who processes and organizes information
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