Meaning & use
archivist
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A person who manages, organizes, and preserves historical records and documents in an archive.
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The archivist carefully catalogued the museum's newly donated letters.
She trained as an archivist to help digitize the library's rare manuscripts.
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Related to 'archive,' from Greek 'arkheion,' meaning a town hall or public records office.
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curatorrecord-keeper
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