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historian

noun

hi-ˈstȯr-ē-ən

Definition of historian

as in chronicler

a student or writer of history historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks

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Recent Examples of historian The pair traveled to Pennsylvania to meet with a historian researching Munyon's life and eventually obtained an original bottle containing some of the century-old liquid. — Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 This archival room can be used by Dior designers, exhibition curators, researchers, historians and Kurkdjian. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2026 Art historian John Rolfe told Artnet News that the works show Canaletto’s powers of observation as well as his imagination. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 15 Oct. 2026 In the book, 20-year-old Violet feels well on her way to becoming a Scribe (historian), following in the footsteps of her father, Asher, when her mother, General Lilith Sorrengail, makes her switch paths and become a dragon rider. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for historian

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chronicler

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Later chroniclers say he was first struck by an arrow—some specifying the eye—and then killed in close combat.

— Alicja Zelazko, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
That’s what editor Glenn Albin of the former social chronicler magazine Ocean Drive pronounced the couple in a 2002 Miami Herald story.

— Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 5 Oct. 2026

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