Antiquarian
[,æntɪ'kweərɪən] or [,æntɪ'kwɛrɪən]
Definition
(adj.) of or relating to antiques or antiquities .
(adj.) of or relating to persons who study or deal in antiques or antiquities .
Typed by Enid--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.
(n.) An antiquary.
(n.) A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
Checker: Lyman
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Antiquary, archæologian, archæologist.
a. Archæological.
Typist: Marietta
Examples
- What a study for an antiquarian! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- His constructions, his formal creeds, his law-making and social arrangements are local and temporary--for us they can have only an antiquarian interest. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- We have already told how Nabonidus was so preoccupied with antiquarian research as to neglect the defence of his kingdom against Cyrus. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A Pisan antiquarian gave me an ancient tear-jug which he averred was full four thousand years old. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Enquiries were sent to the antiquarians of the Academy of Inscriptions in that matter. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It is from this period, according to the French antiquarians, that we are to date the institution of the magistrates and councils of cities in France. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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