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antiquarian

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


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In the early 19th century, James Tod, an East India Company official and antiquarian, borrowed a large number of these reports and failed to return them when he left for Britain in 1823.

From BBC Jun. 27, 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

The L.A. antiquarian Charles Fletcher Lummis called it the Land of Poco Tiempo in his 1893 book of the same name, depicting it as a real-life territory of lotus eaters, of indolent pleasure.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 16, 2024

Luke said I had the mind of an antiquarian.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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