English

Etymology
From E. archive + -ist

Pronunciation
AHD: /är'k�-vĭst/ or är'kī'-vĭst/
Wiktionary:Pronunciation_key|IPA: /���(r)k�vɪst/ or /���(r)�kaɪvɪst/
Wiktionary:Pronunciation_key|SAMPA: /<tt>"A:(r)k@vIst</tt>/ or /<tt>"A:(r)%kaIvIst</tt>/

Noun
en-noun

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.

Synonyms
(one who creates, maintains or controls archives): historian, librarian, preservationist, recordkeeper, scribe

Translations
Swedish: arkivarie

fr:archivist
vi:archivist

• 2006-12-14 17:58 - Jeffqyzt - en-noun, example sentence, synonyms

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