historian

noun his·to·ri·an \ hi-ˈstȯr-ē-ən , -ˈstär- \

|Updated on: 5 Jul 2018

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Definition of historian

1 : a student or writer of history; especially : one who produces a scholarly synthesis

2 : a writer or compiler of a chronicle

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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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Even before Sunday night’s electoral landslide, one of Mexico’s most prominent historians was worrying about one-man rule.

— bloomberg, Fortune, "What You Need to Know About the Historic Victory of Mexico's New Left-Wing President," 2 July 2018
The Windsor Historical Society welcomed historian Bob Bell, who gave a presentation on 'Makin' Stuff in Windsor.' Christine Ermenc, the society's executive director, introduced Bell for the June 20 talk.

— dennis hohenberger, Courant Community, "Historian Bob Bell Examines 'Makin' Stuff In Windsor'," 2 July 2018
But the historians seem to suggest that the change in perspective is necessary for any sort of scientific progress.

— john timmer, Ars Technica, "Gravitational waves and the slow pace of scientific revolutions," 30 June 2018
Painter, the historian, runs headlong into this modern approach.

— kathleen hirsch, BostonGlobe.com, "A portrait of the artist as an older woman," 29 June 2018
The historian Suetonius writes that a soldier discovered Claudius, who had tried to hide, trembling in the palace.

— amanda foreman, WSJ, "At Age 50, a Time of Second Acts," 28 June 2018
When the nerdy menswear historians write about the year 2018, the tens of people reading will note this was the moment when streetwear finally took over the world.

— cam wolf, GQ, "Hedi Slimane's Céline Will Borrow a Trick from the Supreme Playbook," 8 June 2018
At least 20,000 French women are known to have been shorn during the wild purge that occurred in waves between 1944 to 1945 — and the historian Anthony Beevor believes the true figure may be higher.

— ann mah, Time, "This Picture Tells a Tragic Story of What Happened to Women After D-Day," 6 June 2018
In 1940, a team of three dozen experts led by the esteemed Harvard historian Samuel Eliot Morison met at Brenau to study all the rocks.

— mark thiessen, National Geographic, "Is This Inscribed Stone a Notorious Forgery—or the Answer to America’s Oldest Mystery?," 29 May 2018

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First Known Use of historian

15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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historian Synonyms

Synonyms

chronicler;

Related Words

autobiographer, biographer;

archivist, chronologist, genealogist, hagiographer;

Other History Terms

agonistic, carpetbagger, enceinte, fief, historiography, paladin

HISTORIAN Defined for English Language Learners

historian

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Definition of historian for English Language Learners

: a person who studies or writes about history

HISTORIAN Defined for Kids

historian

noun his·to·ri·an \ hi-ˈstȯr-ē-ən \

Definition of historian for Students

: a person who studies or writes about history

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