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

But Mendoza points out that the case is not talking about a librarian curating a collection as an agent of the government, but about the application of a blanket rule constructed in such a way that the bans are parental speech, not government. —Peter Greene, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Holyoke man Scott McGinley, 55 — a middle school librarian in Longmeadow — has been charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. —Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025

Ishizuka-Stephens’s report emerged the same year that Cambridge, MA librarian Liz Phipps Soeiro made headlines for rejecting First Lady Melania Trump gift of ten Dr. Seuss books, including Green Eggs and Ham, to her top-performing school in 2017. —Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025

Who’s Who in America® remains an essential biographical source for thousands of researchers, journalists, librarians and executive search firms worldwide. —Sixteen Ramos, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for librarian

• agrarian
• aquarian
• barbarian
• bavarian
• bulgarian
• cimmerian
• hungarian
• ovarian
• riparian
• rotarian
• sectarian
• tractarian

Kids Definition

librarian

noun

li·​brar·​i·​an lī-ˈbrer-ē-ən 

: a person in charge of a library

librarianship

-ˌship 

noun