LIBRARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does librarian mean? 

• LIBRARIAN (noun)
  The noun LIBRARIAN has 1 sense:

1. a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

  Familiarity information: LIBRARIAN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIBRARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

bibliothec; librarian

Hypernyms ("librarian" is a kind of...):

professional; professional person (a person engaged in one of the learned professions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "librarian"):

cataloger; cataloguer (a librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system)

Instance hyponyms:

Dewey; Melvil Dewey; Melville Louis Kossuth Dewey (United States librarian who founded the decimal system of classification (1851-1931))

Derivation:

librarianship (the position of librarian)

 Context examples 

"I'll tell you," the librarian said with a brightening face.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

She excited the suspicions of public librarians by asking for works on poisons.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"Say 'Miss Smith,'" the librarian stated authoritatively.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)