cataloguer

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noun

One who catalogues.

“The journalists are cataloguers of the world's events.”

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cataloger
OriginEnglish catalogue ← Middle English cathaloge ← Old French catalogue →
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Meanings

cataloguer1

nouncataloguer (plural cataloguers)

plural cataloguers · alternative cataloger

  1. One who catalogues.

    The journalists are cataloguers of the world's events.

cataloguer2

nouncataloguer (plural cataloguers)

plural cataloguers · alternative cataloger

  1. informalA person who is fanatical about buying items from catalogues.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna librarian who classifies publications according to a categorial system

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cataloger
Broader
librarianbibliothec

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

cataloguer · noun

From catalogue (verb) + -er.

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cataloguer · noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ)
  6. Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ- (kătă-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
  9. Proto-Hellenic*légō
  10. Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
  11. Ancient Greekκαταλέγω (katalégō)
  12. Ancient Greekκατάλογος (katálogos)
  13. Late Latincatalogus
  14. Old Frenchcatalogue
  15. Middle Englishcathaloge
  16. Englishcatalogue
  17. Englishcataloguer

From catalogue (noun) + -er.

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Cite this entry
APA

cataloguer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataloguer

MLA

“cataloguer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataloguer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cataloguer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cataloguer.

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