librarian

[US]/laɪˈbreəriən/
[UK]/laɪˈbreriən/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. the person in charge of a library; someone who manages and organizes a library.

Example Sentences

the good librarian is able to assert authority when required.

librarians are scrambling for ways to compete with the boob tube.

The librarian had these new books promptly accessioned.

The librarians catalogued the new books.

Librarians spend a lot of time classifying books.

The librarian entered a new book in the catalogue.

His father is the librarian of our school library.

she worked as a librarian and then switched to journalism.

The old librarian illuminated some old books and manuscripts.

trainee librarians decide how a set of misfiled cards could be sequenced.

The librarian had been there so long he seemed like part of the furniture.

i) Leadership (e.g. Prefect, Class Monitor/Monitress, Librarian, Scout, Girl Guide, etc.

Real-world Examples

Sure. We can ask the librarian for a list of classes.

Source: Airborne English: Everyone speaks English.

Meng Hu is a former librarian who now runs a website all about hermits.

Source: 6 Minute English

Others speculate that errors around the hippocampus—the brain's librarian—are to blame.

Source: BBC Ideas Selection (Bilingual)

Both Charlene and Robert are librarians.

Source: Lai Shixiong Intermediate American English (Volume 1)

He was addressing indignant librarians who recently gathered in London to swap tales of e-lending woe.

Source: The Economist - International

Ah, perhaps the librarian can help us.

Source: Sarah and the little duckling

Librarians are irked by this, but not yet anxious.

Source: The Economist - International

It’s not an easy job. Search engines like Google and Bing are the librarians of the Internet.

Source: This is how it is in the English series.

Teachers and librarians have been criticized a lot in 2023.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

Think for a second about those librarians back in Livingston.

Source: TED Talks (Audio Version) March 2015 Collection

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