archivist

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈɑːrkɪvɪst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈɑrkəvɪst, -kaɪ-/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(är′kə vist, -kī-)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
ar•chi•vist /ˈɑrkəvɪst, -kaɪ-/USA pronunciation  n. [countable]
  1. a person who collects or is responsible for archives.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
ar•chi•vist  (är′kə vist, -kī-),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Library Sciencea person responsible for preserving, organizing, or servicing archival material.
  • French archiviste. See archive, -ist
  • 1745–55

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
archivist / ˈɑːkɪvɪst/
  1. a person in charge of archives, their collection, and cataloguing
'archivist' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
chartophylax - chartulary

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