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annalist

American  
[an-l-ist] / ˈæn l ɪst /

noun

  1. a chronicler of events, especially yearly ones; historian.


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Etymology

Origin of annalist

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

Example Sentences

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Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.

From The Guardian • Mar. 17, 2016

Footnote 16: Nicholas Gentzkow, doctor of law, born December 6, 1502, the son of a shoemaker, according to the annalist Berckmann, and deceased February 24, 1576, was elected burgomaster of Stralsund in 1555.

From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Sastrow, Bartholomew

In 1795, the year of the yellow fever plague, Bernard Hart rendered heroic service, as is testified by a contemporary annalist.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs

This was the same Mrs. Butler, formerly Mary Sigourney, whose reminiscences, the late Rev. Dr. Holmes, the learned and persevering annalist, has quoted in his "Memoir of the French Protestants."

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

Chastellain was no mere annalist, but proposed to fuse and shape his vast material to his own conclusions, in accordance with his political experience.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various