Archivist
Pronunciation
- enPR: /är'kÉ™-vÄst/ or är'kÄ«'-vÄst/, IPA: /ˈɑË(r)kÉ™vɪst/, /ˈɑË(r)ËŒkaɪvɪst/
Origin
From archive + -ist.
Full definition of archivist
Noun
archivist
(plural archivists)- One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing, and organising, archives.The billionaire's will established a trust to create a staff of archivists that would chronicle and preserve his rise to prominence.
Synonyms
- (one who creates, maintains or controls archives) historian, librarian, preservationist, recordkeeper, scribe