[f. prec. + -IST; perh. directly after med.L. and It. (in Florio, 1611) archivista, or F. archiviste.] A keeper of archives.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp. Under the emperors the Archivist was an officer of great dignity.
1813. W. Taylor, in Month. Mag., XXXV. 214. Moses had the command over these archives. He was their archivist.
1879. O. W. Holmes, Motley, xiv. 91. Under the editorship of the archivist-general of Holland.
