historiographer

noun

his·​to·​ri·​og·​ra·​pher hi-ˌstȯr-ē-ˈä-grə-fər 

: historian

Examples of historiographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

What historic challenges do the race, gender, and class obsessions of American historiographers prepare us for today? —Rich Lowry, National Review, 24 Oct. 2019

Mabel Rosenheck is a writer, historian, and historiographer with a PhD in media studies from Northwestern University. —Mabel, Longreads, 28 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

Middle French historiographeur, from Late Latin historiographus, from Greek historiographos, from historia + graphein to write — more at carve

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above