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historian

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his·to·ri·an  (h-stôr-n, -str-, -str-)
n.
1. A writer, student, or scholar of history.
2. One who writes or compiles a chronological record of events; a chronicler.

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
Noun1.historianhistorian - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"
annalist - a historian who writes annals
art historian - a historian of art
chronicler - someone who writes chronicles
bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

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 [hɪsˈtɔːrɪən] Nhistoriador(a) m/f

historian [hɪˈstɔːriən] nhistorien(ne) m/f

historian
nHistoriker(in) m(f); (in ancient times) → Geschichtsschreiber(in) m(f)

historian [hɪsˈtɔːrɪən] nstorico/a
historian [hɪsˈtɔːrɪən] nstorico/a

historian مُؤرِّخ historik historiker Historiker ιστορικός historiador historiantutkija historien povjesničar storico 歴史家 역사가 historicus historiker historyk historiador историк historiker นักประวัติศาสตร์ tarihçi sử gia 历史学家


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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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