archivist

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archivist

  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/
  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)kəvɪst/
  • /ˈɑː(ɹ)ˌkaɪvɪst/

noun 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.

    Similar: archiver, historian, librarian, preservationist, recordkeeper, scribe

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noun one who creates, maintains or controls archives

Españolarchivista, archivero, archivera
한국어기록연구사 girogyeon'gusa
日本語アーキビスト ākibisuto
中文档案员 dǎng'àn yuán
हिन्दीपुराभिलेखपाल purābhilekhpāl
Portuguêsarquivista, arquivador
Françaisarchiviste
DeutschArchivar, Archivarin
Italianoarchivista
Ελληνικάαρχειοφύλακας archeiofýlakas
Românăarhivist, arhivistă, arhivar
Русскийархива́риус arxivárius, архиви́ст arxivíst, архиви́стка arxivístka
Tiếng Việtchuyên viên lưu trữ

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@misc{archivist_2026,
  title = {archivist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/archivist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}