annalist
[ an-l-ist ]
noun
a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.
Origin of annalist
1Other words from annalist
- an·nal·is·tic, adjective
- an·nal·is·ti·cal·ly, adverb
Words that may be confused with annalist
- analyst, annalist
Words Nearby annalist
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How to use annalist in a sentence
Such works are highly valuable, but they are so to the annalist or historian rather than the ordinary reader.
The annalist is unsparing in his condemnation of the attempts made at various times to change them.
Saint Bonaventure | Rev. Fr. Laurence Costelloe, O.F.M.What were the causes of this war, wrote a Hungarian annalist, are not to be ascertained.
The Rise of the Russian Empire | Hector H. MunroThis strange transaction rests on the authority of the contemporary annalist Hoveden.
Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 of 8 | VariousThe annalist at Margan enters also the year 1210 as a sickly one throughout England.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles Creighton
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