antiquarian

Speech parts

1. antiquarian - Noun

2. antiquarian - Adjective

Meaning

Pertaining to antiquaries, or to antiquity; as, antiquarian literature.

An antiquary.

A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.

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Examples

I know many older writers who were very successful and whose books are now out of print, so you have to go to antiquarian booksellers to buy their fifth or eighth novel or whatever it is. William Boyd

One hundred years from my day there will not be a Bible in the earth except one that is looked upon by an antiquarian curiosity seeker. Voltaire

A collection of records may be the result of professional knowledge, research, and skill, just as a collection of curiosities is the result of the skill and knowledge of the antiquarian or virtuoso. Charles Bowen, Baron Bowen

Accordingly, he is known as the originator of the "antiquarian ghost story". Source: Internet

He became an amateur historian, a genealogist, archaeologist, naturalist, antiquarian, art-collector, a noted architectural historian. Source: Internet

As often happens in archaeological terminology, this is a holdover from antiquarian use, and Stonehenge is not truly a henge site as its bank is inside its ditch. Source: Internet

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