as in historian
a student or writer of history
chroniclers who gave often conflicting accounts of battles, depending upon which side they favored
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Recent Examples of chronicler
Tituba, one of the first women accused of being a witch in Salem, Massachusetts, was described by nineteenth-century chroniclers as a Black woman.
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Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Valdez, a renowned chronicler of cartel violence, was gunned down in 2017.
—Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Its sources include medieval chroniclers, eccentric antiquaries, and no doubt many denizens of the British Museum’s Reading Room.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Geragos told me in August, as Combs was pursuing defamation complaints involving some of his most conspiratorial online chroniclers, that fighting her client’s case in the press didn’t come as naturally to her as to her father.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
Spanish chroniclers documented some Inca stone-working techniques, including the use of stone tools and a process known as rock pecking.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Dick Hickock was fair and twenty-eight, Perry Smith dark and thirty-one—close in age to their chronicler.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
There may just be less for the chroniclers to reveal.
—Paul Farhi, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
Better late than never, but best that the task finally fell to veteran roots music chronicler Mazor.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2026
Valdez, a renowned chronicler of cartel violence, was gunned down in 2017.
—Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
Its sources include medieval chroniclers, eccentric antiquaries, and no doubt many denizens of the British Museum’s Reading Room.
—Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Geragos told me in August, as Combs was pursuing defamation complaints involving some of his most conspiratorial online chroniclers, that fighting her client’s case in the press didn’t come as naturally to her as to her father.
—Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 27 Jan. 2026
Spanish chroniclers documented some Inca stone-working techniques, including the use of stone tools and a process known as rock pecking.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 15 Jan. 2026
Dick Hickock was fair and twenty-eight, Perry Smith dark and thirty-one—close in age to their chronicler.
—Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
There may just be less for the chroniclers to reveal.
—Paul Farhi, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
Better late than never, but best that the task finally fell to veteran roots music chronicler Mazor.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chronicler
historian
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Johnson, 80, retired at Mission Viejo after the 2017 season as Orange County’s all-time leader in coaching victories with 338, according to county football historian Dennis Bateman.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
12 Mar. 2026
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The Contemporary Art Center (CAC) Vilnius has appointed artist Nikita Kadan and art historian, writer, and curator Natalia Sielewicz curators of the Sixteenth Baltic Triennial, to take place in 2027.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
10 Mar. 2026
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“Chronicler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chronicler. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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