librarian
noun
li·brar·i·an
lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən 
-ˈbre-rē-
: a specialist in the care or management of a library
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Hurley, a 30-year-old librarian librarian from Berkeley, California, went into teaching mode.
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Zach Dyer, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Though the film treats librarianism as a fate worse than (or roughly equal to) death, even in its main timeline, Mary would have made a phenomenal librarian.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
That’s one of the big goals of the San Diego Public Library’s winter reading challenge, explains Emily Derry, the library’s supervising librarian for youth and family services.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
One of the worst offenders is the California Faculty Association (CFA), which represents over 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors, and coaches across California State University (CSU), a statewide system.
—Mark Pinkert, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
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Zach Dyer, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
Though the film treats librarianism as a fate worse than (or roughly equal to) death, even in its main timeline, Mary would have made a phenomenal librarian.
—Margaret Heidenry, Vanity Fair, 24 Dec. 2025
That’s one of the big goals of the San Diego Public Library’s winter reading challenge, explains Emily Derry, the library’s supervising librarian for youth and family services.
—Jemma Stephenson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
One of the worst offenders is the California Faculty Association (CFA), which represents over 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors, and coaches across California State University (CSU), a statewide system.
—Mark Pinkert, Oc Register, 23 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for librarian
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“Librarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/librarian. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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