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cataloger

or cat·a·logu·er

[ kat-l-aw-ger, -og-er ]

/ ˈkæt lˌɔ gər, -ˌɒg ər /

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noun

a person who catalogs.

a person or firm that offers merchandise in a catalog from which buyers may order by mail.

Origin of cataloger

First recorded in 1835–45; catalog + -er¹

Words nearby cataloger

catalina island, catalo, catalog, catalog code, catalog verse, cataloger, catalogue, catalogue raisonné, catalonia, catalonian, catalpa

Example sentences from the Web for cataloger

Catalog dep't, administration of a, from a cataloger's point of view (Smith), 271-4.

Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913 |Various
But when the cataloger is "a-cataloging" he is not writing advertising copy.

Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912 |Various
One organizer said that a cataloger should average 40 volumes a day, assigning Cutter numbers and making a dictionary catalog.

Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913 |Various
Smith, Laura, "Administration of a catalog dep't from a cataloger's point of view," 271-4.

Papers and proceedings of the thirty-fifth general meeting of the American Library Association, 1913 |Various

Miss Van Valkenburgh: From the standpoint of a cataloger who has done it, we didn't find it useful to us.

Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association |Various