Cataloguer

cat·a·log or cat·a·logue  (ktl-ôg, -g)

n.

1.

a. A list or itemized display, as of titles, course offerings, or articles for exhibition or sale, usually including descriptive information or illustrations.

b. A publication, such as a book or pamphlet, containing such a list or display: a catalog of fall fashions; a seed catalog.

2. A list or enumeration: "the long catalogue of his concerns: unemployment, housing, race, drugs, the decay of the inner city, the environment and family life" (Anthony Holden).

3. A card catalog.

v. cat·a·loged or cat·a·logued, cat·a·log·ing or cat·a·logu·ing, cat·a·logs or cat·a·logues

v.tr.

1. To make an itemized list of: catalog a record collection.

2.

a. To list or include in a catalog.

b. To classify (a book or publication, for example) according to a categorical system.

v.intr.

1. To make a catalog.

2. To be listed in a catalog: an item that catalogs for 200 dollars.

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[Middle English cathaloge, list, register, from Old French catalogue, from Late Latin catalogus, from Greek katalogos, from katalegein, to list : kata-, down, off; see cata- + legein, to count; see leg- in Indo-European roots.]

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cata·loger, cata·loguer n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

cataloguer - a librarian who classifies publication according to a categorial system cataloger bibliothec, librarian - a professional person trained in library science and engaged in library services