chronicle
[kron-i-kuh l]
- a chronological record of events; a history.
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- to record in or as in a chronicle.
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Origin of chronicle
Synonyms
See more synonyms for chronicle on Thesaurus.com2. recount, relate, narrate, report.
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Contemporary Examples
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
His chronicler opines that it was a letter that must have moved a stone to tears.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
To the chronicler these incidents appeal for that very reason.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
The historian must be more than a chronicler and an interpreter.
College TeachingPaul Klapper
It is to him that the chronicler William of Malmesbury dedicated his work.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Abbey Church of TewkesburyH. J. L. J. Mass
I cannot agree with the German chronicler's estimate of Rudolph.
From a Terrace in PragueLieut.-Col. B. Granville Baker
chronicle
- a record or register of events in chronological order
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- (tr) to record in or as if in a chronicle
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Word Origin
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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chronicle
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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chronicle
v.
c.1400, croniclen, from chronicle (n.). Related: Chronicled; chronicling.
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