historian
an expert in history; authority on history.
a writer of history; chronicler.
Origin of historian
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How to use historian in a sentence
Recently, historians have been working hard to write books that are more accessible.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWho are some younger popular historians that you think will be a lot better known a decade from now?
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTAre you seeing more commercial pressure from academic presses for historians to sexy it up a bit?
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society | Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch | January 4, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTFor his part, husband James knew all along; historians generally agree he was in on it.
Are future historians going to look back on the past weekend as the one in which Elizabeth Warren took over the Democratic Party?
The English embassies had historians whose narratives may still be read with interest.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThey may be of great interest to antiquarians and historians; but by myself, I candidly admit, they were not much valued.
A Woman's Journey Round the World | Ida PfeifferHistorians even are not agreed as to the origin of the famous device: Honi soit qui mal y pense.
Friend Mac Donald | Max O'RellThe disinterested historians state ingenuously that Joanna was not guilty of this crime, although the others accuse her of it.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred DownerThe 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
/ (hɪˈstɔːrɪən) /
a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it
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