cataloger

Variant of catalog

catalog definition

cata·log or catalogue cat′a·logue′ (kat′ə lôg′, -läg′)

noun

a complete or extensive list, esp.
  1. ☆ an alphabetical card file, as of the books in a library
  2. a list of articles for sale, school courses offered, items on display, etc., usually with descriptive comments and often with illustrations
  3. a book or pamphlet containing such a list
  4. a long list, as of warriors, rivers, or ships, characteristic of the classical epic

Etymology: Fr catalogue < LL catalogus < Gr katalogos, a list, register < katalegein, to reckon, list < kata-, down, completely + legein, to say, count: see logic

transitive verb, intransitive verb cataloged -·loged′ or catalogued -·logued′, cataloging -·log′·ing or cataloguing -·logu′·ing

  1. to enter in a catalog
  2. to make a catalog of

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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