as in chronicler
a student or writer of history
historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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Writer and historian Erik Matsunago will talk about the history of post-World War II resettlement via first-person accounts of people who were part of the JASC oral history project.
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Investors, economists and historians all regard an independent central bank as key to stable financial markets, as policymakers can set monetary policy without regard to political interests.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
The adobe building on Lankershim Boulevard is called the birthplace of California by historians.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
As Gabin Djimassé, a historian and director of the Abomey Tourism Office, later explained to me, voodoo, like any faith, has its good and bad sides.
—Caitlin Gunther, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
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Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026
Investors, economists and historians all regard an independent central bank as key to stable financial markets, as policymakers can set monetary policy without regard to political interests.
—John Towfighi, CNN Money, 12 Jan. 2026
The adobe building on Lankershim Boulevard is called the birthplace of California by historians.
—Staff Report, Daily News, 12 Jan. 2026
As Gabin Djimassé, a historian and director of the Abomey Tourism Office, later explained to me, voodoo, like any faith, has its good and bad sides.
—Caitlin Gunther, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for historian
chronicler
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Dick Hickock was fair and twenty-eight, Perry Smith dark and thirty-one—close in age to their chronicler.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
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There may just be less for the chroniclers to reveal.—
Paul Farhi,
The Atlantic,
3 Jan. 2026
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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