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antiquarian

[an-ti-kwair-ee-uhn] / ˌæn tɪˈkwɛər i ən /


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"He was looking for picturesque subjects which were very popular with an antiquarian market at the time," she said.

From BBC Jan. 24, 2026

The Civil Guard police force has also released an antiquarian suspected of having received the items, the court added.

From Barron's Nov. 28, 2025

“On the Calculation of Volume,” Danish author Solvej Balle’s seven-volume opus, follows an antiquarian bookseller who gets stuck reliving the same mid-November day over and over again.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 26, 2025

Ken Sanders is something of a folk hero in the antiquarian world: a notorious book-thief hunter, founding member of Earth First!

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 7, 2025

Arthur was the heart’s king of a chivalry which had reached its flower perhaps two hundred years before our antiquarian author began to work.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White




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