Archivist

Pronunciation

• enPR: /är'kÉ™-vÄ­st/ or är'kÄ«'-vÄ­st/, IPA: /ˈɑː(r)kÉ™vɪst/, /ˈɑː(r)ËŒkaɪvɪst/

Origin

From archive + -ist.

Full definition of archivist

Noun

1. 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