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Definition of librarian noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

librarian

noun

/laɪˈbreəriən/

/laɪˈbreriən/

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a person who is in charge of or works in a libraryTopics Jobsb2
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- qualified
- chief
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Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting a scribe or copyist): from Latin librarius ‘relating to books’, (used as a noun) ‘bookseller, scribe’, + -an.

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