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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Diana Butler Bass, a historian and author of the popular Substack newsletter The Cottage, said Yancey embodied an evangelical Christianity that valued grace and respect for different opinions.
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John Blake, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Led by historian and Black Miami-Dade founder Nadege Green, the workshop will explore how Bahamian migrants carried knowledge, labor and foodways that shaped early Miami and continue to inform the city’s living archive.
—Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Now, the court is weighing the fate of a key remaining section of the Voting Rights Act — a legacy of the Civil Rights Movement that historians consider a second Reconstruction.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
However, royal historians and insiders say that Beatrice and Eugenie's decision was less about choosing sides than walking a careful line.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
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John Blake, CNN Money, 8 Jan. 2026
Led by historian and Black Miami-Dade founder Nadege Green, the workshop will explore how Bahamian migrants carried knowledge, labor and foodways that shaped early Miami and continue to inform the city’s living archive.
—Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2026
Now, the court is weighing the fate of a key remaining section of the Voting Rights Act — a legacy of the Civil Rights Movement that historians consider a second Reconstruction.
—Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 8 Jan. 2026
However, royal historians and insiders say that Beatrice and Eugenie's decision was less about choosing sides than walking a careful line.
—Simon Perry, PEOPLE, 8 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 15 Jan. 2026.
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