bibliographer

noun

bib·​li·​og·​ra·​pher ˌbi-blē-ˈä-grə-fər 

1

: an expert in bibliography

2

: a compiler of bibliographies

Examples of bibliographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Parker points to András Riedlmayer, who retired last year from his post as a bibliographer in Islamic art and architecture at Harvard’s Fine Arts Library, as a personal inspiration. — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2022

With Pound’s encouragement, Barnard relocated to New York City in the depths of the Great Depression, finding temporary work as Aldous Huxley’s bibliographer. — oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2021

By the nineteen-sixties, many of the letters are responses to queries and fan mail, clarifications for curious readers and bibliographers and producers of academic studies. — Kevin Young, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2019

Those items made the trip from California to Indiana in 2013 in a 53-foot moving van that also included a cache of Bradbury’s typescripts and other documents donated by his long-time friend and principal bibliographer, Donn Albright. — Rick Callahan, Indianapolis Star, 16 Apr. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bibliographer

• biographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• geographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer
• photographer
• topographer
• typographer
• choreographer
• lexicographer
• oceanographer