Results for antiquary

Definitions of antiquary:

part of speech: noun

One who studies or collects ancient things: one skilled in antiquities.

part of speech: noun

ANTIQUARIANISM.

part of speech: noun

One who is attached to ancient things and is learned in their history; one who collects relies of former times.

part of speech: adjective

ANTIQUARIAN.

Usage examples for antiquary:

• Towards the close of the last century, Thomas Barritt, the Manchester antiquary visited this skull-" this surprising piece of household furniture," as he calls it, and adds that " one of us who was last in company with it, removed it from its place into a dark part of the room, and there left it, and returned home." "Strange Pages from Family Papers", T. F. Thiselton Dyer

• 1752- 1803. Antiquary and critic. "A Brief Handbook of English Authors", Oscar Fay Adams

• And I told you, I have an old uncle who is a great antiquary London is his particular hobby. "A Red Wallflower", Susan Warner