librarian

noun

li·​brar·​i·​an lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən 

-ˈbre-rē-

: a specialist in the care or management of a library

librarianship

lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən-ˌship 

-ˈbre-rē-

noun

Examples of librarian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In 1960, Pilar, a librarian, has lost her husband to the Castro regime, and is entrusted with the book that Eva wrote many decades earlier. — The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026

Lydia Raabe, youth services librarian for the Glenview Public Library, engaged with patrons stopping by the library’s table. — Karie Angell Luc, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Especially when the protagonists are fighting gangsters, offensive editors, twitchy Vatican librarians, and an oversized Jason Momoa, to claim the hand of Gal Gadot’s two characters, one in the present, one in the past. — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 6 Aug. 2026

Nguyen was inspired to leverage her position as young adult librarian to address neighborhood food scarcity. — Melody Xu, Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for librarian

• arion
• carrion
• clarion
• hereon
• marian
• parian
• agrarian
• aquarian
• barbarian
• bavarian
• bulgarian
• cimmerian

Kids Definition

librarian

noun

li·​brar·​i·​an lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən 

: a person in charge of a library

librarianship

-ˌship 

noun