Meanings
nounarchivist (plural archivists)
plural archivists
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans argivaris
- argivarisone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Basque agirizain, artxibozain
- agirizainone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- artxibozainone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Bulgarian архивар
- архивар (arhivar)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Catalan arxiver, arxivista
- arxiverone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- arxivistaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Chinese Mandarin 档案员
- 档案员 (dǎng'àn yuán)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Czech archivář, archivářka
- archivářone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- archivářkaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Danish arkivar
- arkivarone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Dutch archivaris
- archivarisone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Esperanto arkivisto, arĥivisto
- arkivistoone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- arĥivistoone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Finnish arkistonhoitaja
- arkistonhoitajaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
French archiviste
- archivisteone who creates, maintains or controls archives
German Archivar, Archivarin
- Archivarone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- Archivarinone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Greek αρχειοφύλακας
- αρχειοφύλακας (archeiofýlakas)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Hindi पुराभिलेखपाल
- पुराभिलेखपाल (purābhilekhpāl)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Hungarian levéltáros, levéltárosnő
- levéltárosone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- levéltárosnőone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Icelandic skjalavörður
- skjalavörðurone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Indonesian arsiparis, pengarsip
- arsiparisone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- pengarsipone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Irish cartlannaí
- cartlannaíone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Italian archivista
- archivistaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Japanese アーキビスト
- アーキビスト (ākibisuto)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Korean 기록연구사
- 기록연구사 (girogyeon'gusa)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Latin archeota, chartularius
- archeotaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- chartulariusone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- chartariusone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Latvian arhivārs
- arhivārsone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Lithuanian archyvaras
- archyvarasone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Māori kaipūranga, kaipūranga kōrero
- kaipūrangaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- kaipūranga kōreroone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Norwegian Bokmål arkivar
- arkivarone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Polish archiwista, archiwistka
- archiwistaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- archiwistkaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- archiwariuszone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- archiwariuszkaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Portuguese arquivista, arquivador
- arquivistaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- arquivadorone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Romanian arhivist, arhivistă
- arhivistone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- arhivistăone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- arhivarone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Russian архива́риус, архиви́ст
- архива́риус (arxivárius)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
- архиви́ст (arxivíst)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
- архиви́стка (arxivístka)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Slovak archivár, archivárka
- archivárone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- archivárkaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Spanish archivista, archivero
- archivistaone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- archiveroone who creates, maintains or controls archives
- archiveraone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Swedish arkivarie
- arkivarieone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Tagalog tagasinop
- tagasinopone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Turkish arşivci
- arşivcione who creates, maintains or controls archives
Ukrainian архіва́ріус
- архіва́ріус (arxivárius)one who creates, maintains or controls archives
Vietnamese chuyên viên lưu trữ
- chuyên viên lưu trữone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Welsh archifydd
- archifyddone who creates, maintains or controls archives
Cite this entry
APA
archivist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archivist
MLA
“archivist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archivist. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “archivist,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/archivist.
Source: archivist on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.