historian

noun

his·​to·​ri·​an hi-ˈstȯr-ē-ən How to pronounce historian (audio)
-ˈstär-
1
: a student or writer of history
especially : one who produces a scholarly synthesis
2
: a writer or compiler of a chronicle

Examples of historian in a Sentence

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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Throughout history, major political shifts have been met with equally big feelings, says Kerstin Maria Pahl, a historian of political emotion at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and a co-editor of the 2022 book Feeling Political. Shayla Love, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2024 Jeanette Hurt is a journalist and cocktail historian whose books and articles explore culture through the lens of food and drink. Jeanette Hurt, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024 Katie Hafner: That's Viviane Quirke, a historian of science, medicine, and technology, who's written extensively about drug development. Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 24 Oct. 2024 Some post-Civil War historians have argued that emancipation permanently devastated slave-owning families. Ashwini Sehgal, The Conversation, 23 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for historian 

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of historian was in the 15th century

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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/historian. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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historian

noun
his·​to·​ri·​an his-ˈtōr-ē-ən How to pronounce historian (audio)
-ˈtȯr-,
-ˈtär-
: a student or writer of history

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