ANTIQUARY

a. n.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Pertaining to antiquity. [R.] "Instructed by the antiquary times." Shak.

2.
n.

One devoted to the study of ancient times through their relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations, statues, coins, manuscripts, etc.; one who searches for and studies the relics of antiquity.