librarian

1 of 2

noun (1)

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

librarianship

2 of 2

noun (2)

li·​brar·​i·​an·​ship -ˌship 

: the office or duties of a librarian

Examples of librarian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Nice to have • existing relationships with authors, critics, booksellers, or librarians. — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026

Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

After more than a year of negotiations and a proposal from the CSU to increase salaries by 3%, the California Faculty Association — which represents about 29,000 professors, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches — declared impasse in July. — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026

Search engines were supposed to replace researchers and librarians. — Mary Moreland, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Noun (1)

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