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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

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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

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 L. H. (Lydia Howard) Sigourney

Philochorus was a careful and systematic annalist of the early third century b.c., who used official documents and verified his statements.

From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray

So late as the seventeenth century the annalist Mac Firbis discovered that many of the inhabitants of Connacht traced their descent to these same Firbolgs.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by T. W. (Thomas William) Rolleston

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

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