HOW TO PRONOUNCE
librarian
/laɪˈbɹɛˌɹiən/
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What does librarian mean?
noun
- 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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IPA pronunciation
/laɪˈbɹɛˌɹiən/
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“Because it's so much pleasanter, in a small library like this, to poke about by one's self--with the help of the librarian.”
The big librarian had buried his big bald brow in his big red hands, like a man trying to think out his duty.
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The medieval collector of books sometimes, and the monastic librarian nearly always, took care that his library was strong in hagiology and history.
The east wind, like the fashion of book-collecting, has altered in character a good deal since the days when Naudé was librarian to Cardinal Mazarin.
The librarian “showed off”—running hither and thither with his arms full of books and making a deal of the splutter and fuss that insect authority delights in.