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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 chroniclers
The Persian term Mughal, or Moghol, refers to people with Mongol roots; later chroniclers and local populations of India started calling the empire’s rulers by that name, as they were descended from the formidable Mongol conqueror.
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Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
Indeed, some chroniclers say the history of Pan Am and that of modern Miami are inseparable.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Tituba, one of the first women accused of being a witch in Salem, Massachusetts, was described by nineteenth-century chroniclers as a Black woman.
—Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 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
There may just be less for the chroniclers to reveal.
—Paul Farhi, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
But early chroniclers of the famous fight often made up their accounts.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Apr. 2026
Indeed, some chroniclers say the history of Pan Am and that of modern Miami are inseparable.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2026
Tituba, one of the first women accused of being a witch in Salem, Massachusetts, was described by nineteenth-century chroniclers as a Black woman.
—Geraldo Cadava, New Yorker, 26 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
There may just be less for the chroniclers to reveal.
—Paul Farhi, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2026
But early chroniclers of the famous fight often made up their accounts.
—Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 6 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chroniclers
historians
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The Maroon name refers to one of the school’s colors and is a homage to the University of Chicago, which goes by the same name, according to local historians.—
Mike Danahey,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Located at 239 Hanks Hill Road in Mansfield, the villa’s town card claims it was built in 1875 however, historians can place the home between 1868 and 1869.—
Kaitlyn Keegan,
Hartford Courant,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Chroniclers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chroniclers. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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