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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historian
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This was not mere paranoia, the historian Marc-William Palen has shown.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025 -
Per historian Mike Richard, Moquin and Rossi joined an exclusive list of 33 pitchers to record at least 10 strikeouts in an MIAA softball state final.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
14 June 2025
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“Annalist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/annalist. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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