chronicler

noun

chron·​i·​cler ˈkrä-ni-k(ə-)lər 

plural -s

: a writer or compiler of a chronicle

a historian without philosophy is but a chronicler

—John Mason Brown

disillusioned chronicler of social disintegration

—Carlos Baker

successful chronicler of the upper middle class

—Taliaferro Boatwright

Word History

Etymology

Middle English cronicler, from croniclen + -er

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