SYNONYMS | EXAMPLES | WORD ORIGIN noun a chronological record of events; a history.
verb (used with object), chron·i·cled, chron·i·cling. to record in or as in a chronicle.
Origin of chronicle 1275–1325; Middle English cronicle <
Anglo-French, variant, with
-le -ule , of
Old French cronique <
Medieval Latin cronica (feminine singular),
Latin chronica (neuter plural) <
Greek chroniká annals, chronology; see
chronic Related forms chron·i·cler , noun un·chron·i·cled , adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for chronicler Contemporary Examples of chronicler He is the chronicler of a colorful fashion-loving world, famously traversing Manhattan on his bicycle.
She only wrote two novels, but they establish her as the chronicler of an ossified generation unable to move forward in life.
Jones was presented more heroically than he even had been in the press (he seemed to have bent the ear of the chronicler ).
As any chronicler of the Tea Party movement knows, homemade signs are good evidence of what message the attendees want to send.
Historical Examples of chronicler His chronicler opines that it was a letter that must have moved a stone to tears.
To the chronicler these incidents appeal for that very reason.
The historian must be more than a chronicler and an interpreter.
It is to him that the chronicler William of Malmesbury dedicated his work.
I cannot agree with the German chronicler 's estimate of Rudolph.
British Dictionary definitions for chronicler noun a record or register of events in chronological order
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verb (tr) to record in or as if in a chronicle
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Derived Forms chronicler , noun Word Origin for chronicle C14: from Anglo-French cronicle, via Latin chronica (pl), from Greek khronika annals, from khronikos relating to time; see chronic
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Word Origin and History for chronicler n. early 15c., agent noun from chronicle (v.).
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n. c.1300, cronicle , from Anglo-French cronicle , from Old French cronique "chronicle" (Modern French chronique ), from Latin chronica (neuter plural mistaken for fem. singular), from Greek ta khronika (biblia) "the (books of) annals, chronology," neuter plural of khronikos "of time." Ending modified in Anglo-French, perhaps by influence of article . Old English had cranic "chronicle," cranicwritere "chronicler." The classical -h- was restored in English from 16c.
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v. c.1400, croniclen , from chronicle (n.). Related: Chronicled ; chronicling .
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