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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Mika takes a job teaching three young witches, and getting to know a grumpy and overprotective librarian, Jamie, who is also in charge of their care.
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Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
While both her father and grandfather were American presidents, her mother (former first lady Laura Bush) and both of her grandmothers were librarians.
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
And her mother, my Grandma Peggy, read all the time and was a librarian.
—Nina West
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library—where Andrews was the city’s first Black head librarian—was a center for writers, the unofficial daytime workspace for Cullen, Claude McKay, and others.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
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Audrey Goldberg Ruoff, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
While both her father and grandfather were American presidents, her mother (former first lady Laura Bush) and both of her grandmothers were librarians.
—Emily St. Martin, Oc Register, 24 Sep. 2025
And her mother, my Grandma Peggy, read all the time and was a librarian.
—Nina West
september 24, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
The 135th Street branch of the New York Public Library—where Andrews was the city’s first Black head librarian—was a center for writers, the unofficial daytime workspace for Cullen, Claude McKay, and others.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 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 1 Oct. 2025.
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