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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

Having taken their positions, the men presented a picture which we regret has not been preserved for us by some sporting annalist of the period.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

Though an annalist, Diceto is careless in his chronology; and the documents which he incorporates, while often important, are selected on no principle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 4 "Diameter" to "Dinarchus" by Various

This annalist first suggested Varro’s famous derivation of the word Italy, which he deduced from Vitulus.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

Mooney, the Franciscan annalist, merely attests that "he lived for some time subsequent to 1599".

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, April 1865 by Various

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