as in chronicler
a student or writer of history
a new book by America's best-known annalist of the Civil War
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Some of the history includes airport land that was once used by the U.S. Army for Morris Field during World War II. CLT became Charlotte Army Air Base in April 1941, just months before the war, according to museum historians.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
26 June 2025 -
The lecture, and the historian's YouTube page, went mostly unnoticed for a year, generating only a handful of views.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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“Annalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annalist. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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