chronicler

chron·i·cle  (krn-kl)

n.

1. An extended account in prose or verse of historical events, sometimes including legendary material, presented in chronological order and without authorial interpretation or comment.

2. A detailed narrative record or report.

3. Chronicles (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Chr. or Chron. or Ch See Table at Bible.

tr.v. chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling, chron·i·cles

To record in or in the form of a historical record.

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[Middle English cronicle, from Anglo-Norman, alteration of Old French cronique, from Latin chronica, from Greek khronika (biblia), chronological (books), annals, neuter pl. of khronikos, of time; see chronic.]

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chroni·cler (-klr) n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

chronicler - someone who writes chronicles historian, historiographer - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

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chronicler

noun recorder, reporter, historian, narrator, scribe, diarist, annalist