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Definition of Antiquarian
1. Noun. An expert or collector of antiquities.
2. Adjective. Of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities.
3. Adjective. Of or relating to antiques or antiquities.
Definition of Antiquarian
1. a. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.
2. n. An antiquary.
Definition of Antiquarian
1. Adjective. Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature. ¹
2. Noun. A collector, student or expert of antiquities or antiques. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Antiquarian
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Antiquarian
Literary usage of Antiquarian
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1913)
"The main difference, however, between the bookseller and the antiquarian consists
in the ... For the antiquarian, on the other hand, the town in which he is ..."
2. The English Review (1845)
"MOST people in the present day know something from their own experience of
antiquarian societies. There is scarcely a city or town of note in England which ..."
3. Book Auction Records by Frank Karslake (1902)
"To promote and extend the sale of antiquarian Books. 2. To raise the status of
the antiquarian Book Trade, and to find opportunities for improving the ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"PRESIDENT OF THE antiquarian SOCIETY'. WILL you please to permit me, ... For tho'
much has been said by the great antiquarian Of an orthodox George ..."
5. American Book Prices Current by Katherine Kyes Leab, Daniel J Leab (1907)
"Bibliographical, antiquarian, and Picturesque Tour in Bibliographical, Picturesque
and antiquarian Tour in Northern Countries of England and Scotland. ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1854)
"antiquarian RESEARCHES. MEETING OF THE ARCHEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT CAMBRIDGE.
(Continued/rem p. 179.) Friday, July 7.—This morning the members of the ..."
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