antiquary
antiquary is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] "Instructed by the antiquary times." Shak.
- 2.One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- academician
- academist
- admirable
- amanuensis
- and
- annalist
- antiquarian
- antiquity
- archaeologist
- babu
- bibliomaniac
- bibliophile
- bigwig
- biographer
- bluestocking
- bookkeeper
- bookworm
- chronicler
- clerk
- connoisseur
- custos
- doctor
- doctrinaire
- don
- education
- feet
- fellow
- genius
- glossographer
- good
- gownsman
- graduate
- grammarian
- historian
- historiographer
- illuminati
- interviewer
- journalist
- learned
- learner
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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