annalist

[an-l-ist]

noun

Origin of annalist

1605–15; annal(s) + -ist, or < French annaliste

Related formsan·nal·is·tic, adjectivean·nal·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb

Can be confusedanalyst annalist

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As the Turkish annalist says, “Torghūd had become the drawn sword of Islam.”
The Story of the Barbary Corsairs
Stanley Lane-Poole
An annalist of Worms is quoted about Dorso's operations on the upper Rhine in 1231.
Folkways
William Graham Sumner
Dr. Holmes, the annalist, says, that tea began to be used in New England in 1720.
Tea Leaves
Various
It was to the first of these visitations that the annalist Clyn succumbed.
Ireland under the Tudors, Volume I (of II)
Richard Bagwell
This is just the point at which the historian diverges from the annalist.
History of Civilization in England, Vol. 2 of 3
Henry Thomas Buckle

"one who keeps a chronicle of events by year," 1610s, from French analiste; see annals + -ist.