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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Pusser launched a war against moonshiners, gamblers and others who brought organized crime to the county, said Steve Sweat, a lifelong county resident and the state’s honorary Buford Pusser historian.
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Quotes can be placed in revealing position to one another, voices put in tension, but the historian is mostly invisible.
—Book Marks
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Trump's combative approach to his role of healer-in-chief when tragedy strikes also represents a break from tradition, according to presidential historians who spoke with Newsweek.
—Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
While eliciting rave reviews, the project also added in cameos for the CEOs David Zaslav and James Dolan who were not, according to most film historians, present on the 1939 MGM set.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
Quotes can be placed in revealing position to one another, voices put in tension, but the historian is mostly invisible.
—Book Marks
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
Trump's combative approach to his role of healer-in-chief when tragedy strikes also represents a break from tradition, according to presidential historians who spoke with Newsweek.
—Daniel Bush, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
While eliciting rave reviews, the project also added in cameos for the CEOs David Zaslav and James Dolan who were not, according to most film historians, present on the 1939 MGM set.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for historian
chronicler
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Gotham’s streetwise chronicler of fashion trends is the focus of this feature doc lovingly produced by Philip Gefter, an alum of the New York Times, where Cunningham worked for nearly 40 years.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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