Word Meanings - ARCHIVIST - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A keeper of archives or records.

Related words: (words related to ARCHIVIST)

• KEEPER
  1. One who, or that which, keeps; one who, or that which, holds or has possession of anything. 2. One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners. 3. One who has the care, custody, or superintendence of
• KEEPERSHIP
  The office or position of a keeper. Carew.
• OUTKEEPER
  An attachment to a surveyor's compass for keeping tally in chaining.
• INNKEEPER
  An innholder.
• POUNDKEEPER; POUND-KEEPER
  The keeper of a pound.
• CROWKEEPER
  A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.
• BOOKKEEPER
  One who keeps accounts; one who has the charge of keeping the books and accounts in an office.
• SHOPKEEPER
  A trader who sells goods in a shop, or by retail; -- in distinction from one who sells by wholesale. Addison.
• HOUSEKEEPER
  1. One who occupies a house with his family; a householder; the master or mistress of a family. Locke. 2. One who does, or oversees, the work of keeping house; as, his wife is a good housekeeper; often, a woman hired to superintend the servants
• DOORKEEPER
  One who guards the entrance of a house or apartment; a porter; a janitor.
• BARKEEPER
  One who keeps or tends a bar for the sale of liquors.
• GAMEKEEPER
  One who has the care of game, especially in a park or preserve. Blackstone.
• BOXKEEPER
  An attendant at a theater who has charge of the boxes.
• UNDERKEEPER
  A subordinate keeper or guardian. Gray.
• STOREKEEPER
  1. A man in charge of stores or goods of any kind; as, a naval storekeeper. 2. One who keeps a "store;" a shopkeeper. See 1st Store, 3.
• TIMEKEEPER
  1. A clock, watch, or other chronometer; a timepiece. 2. A person who keeps, marks, regulates, or determines the time. Specifically: -- A person who keeps a record of the time spent by workmen at their work. One who gives the time for the departure