historian

[ hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr- ]
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noun
  1. an expert in history; authority on history.

  2. a writer of history; chronicler.

Origin of historian

1
1400–50; late Middle English. See history, -an

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How to use historian in a sentence

  • The English embassies had historians whose narratives may still be read with interest.

  • They may be of great interest to antiquarians and historians; but by myself, I candidly admit, they were not much valued.

  • Historians even are not agreed as to the origin of the famous device: Honi soit qui mal y pense.

    Friend Mac Donald | Max O'Rell
  • The disinterested historians state ingenuously that Joanna was not guilty of this crime, although the others accuse her of it.

    Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
  • The obscurity is so great that, quite recently, grave and conscientious historians have admitted Montecuculi's innocence.

    Catherine de' Medici | Honore de Balzac

British Dictionary definitions for historian

historian

/ (hɪˈstɔːrɪən) /


noun
  1. a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it

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