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Historian
/hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/
A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
📖 Definitions of "Historian"
noun
- 1
A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
- 2
One who studies or researches history.
- 3
One who recounts their own medical history.
🔄 Synonyms of "Historian"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| historiographernoun | A scholar who studies historiography. |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| historiographernoun | A scholar who studies historiography. |
| historiographynoun | (countable and uncountable) The writing of history; a written history. |
| historynoun | The aggregate of past events. |
| historicalnoun | A historical romance. |
| storynoun | An account of real or fictional events. |
| dated | Outdated. |
| pastnoun | The period of time that has already happened, in contrast to the present and the future. |
| affairnoun | An adulterous relationship, chiefly of a married person. (from affaire de cœur, affair of the heart). |
| saganoun | Something with the qualities of such a saga; an epic, a long story. |
| documentariannoun | A person whose profession is to create documentary films. |
| chroniclernoun | A person who writes a chronicle or chronicles. |
| annalistnoun | A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian. |
| antiquariannoun | A collector or student of, or expert in, antiquities or antiques. |
| archivistnoun | One who is in charge of, or performs the task of creating, collecting, cataloguing and organising archives. |
| biographernoun | The writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies. |
| researchernoun | One who researches. |
| compilernoun | (software) A computer program that transforms source code into object code. |
| scribenoun | Someone who writes; a draughtsperson; a writer for another; especially, an official or public writer; an amanuensis, secretary, notary, or copyist. |
| recordernoun | (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute. |
| academiciannoun | (now chiefly US) A member (especially a senior one) of the faculty at a college or university; an academic. |
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