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historian

noun

hi-ˈstȯr-ē-ən

as in chronicler

a student or writer of history historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks

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Recent Examples of historian But what is a historian—or a fashion historian—to do when something stops changing? —

Literary Hub, 25 June 2026 Lepore is one of the country’s most respected historians, and her most ambitious undertaking is this book that tells the history of the country from 1492 to the present. —

Michael Schaub, Oc Register, 25 June 2026 The current wave looks different to the historians who study it, though, because the driver isn’t novelty. —

Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026 Alexander the Great bestowed himself that title — not his subjects — and is believed by some historians to have been killed by those in his inner circle. —

Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 24 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for historian

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chronicler

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For decades, Spielberg has been one of our foremost chroniclers of America’s fascination with aliens, touching on the topic in films like 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 1981’s ET.

— Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 June 2026
History’s chroniclers are watching.

— Keith Tidman, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2026