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historian [hɪˈstɔːrɪən] n
(Historical Terms) a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
historian noun chronicler, recorder, biographer, antiquarian, historiographer, annalist, chronologist She will become the family historian. Quotations "Historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability ever to reconstruct a dead world in its completeness" [Simon Schama Dead Certainties] "History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other" [Philip Guedalla Supers and Supermen] Translations historian n → Historiker(in) m(f); (in ancient times) → Geschichtsschreiber(in) m(f) historian [hɪsˈtɔːrɪən] n → storico/a historian [hɪsˈtɔːrɪən] n → storico/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Through the kindness of Dorothy Gale of Kansas, afterward Princess Dorothy of Oz, an humble writer in the United States of America was once appointed Royal Historian of Oz, with the privilege of writing the chronicle of that wonderful fairyland. To the historian it bristles with errors--not errors of fact, but errors of interpretation. In due course a legend arose of such circumstantiality that the wise historian would hesitate to attack it. |
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