archivist
noun/ˈɑː(ɹ)kɪvɪst/ · /ˈɑː(ɹ)kəvɪst/
Etymology From archive + -ist.
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
- archiver, historian, librarian, preservationist, recordkeeper, scribe