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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Recent Examples of historian
Many historians and politicians view her as the most powerful woman in the history of the United States.
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, one historian is traveling 750 miles to remind Americans where that history has taken us.
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Jericka Duncan,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The Founding Fathers and members of the gentry class relied heavily on recipes from France and England and even imported some of their food from Europe, food historians said.
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Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 June 2026
In 1831 an historian marked his grave with a stone.
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Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
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Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 June 2026
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding, one historian is traveling 750 miles to remind Americans where that history has taken us.
—
Jericka Duncan,
CBS News,
28 June 2026
The Founding Fathers and members of the gentry class relied heavily on recipes from France and England and even imported some of their food from Europe, food historians said.
—
Ava Berger,
NPR,
28 June 2026
In 1831 an historian marked his grave with a stone.
—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for historian
chronicler
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Welcome to the fabulous life of Jen Rubio—co-founder and executive chairman of the luggage brand Away, investor, philanthropist, mother, probable billionaire, friend of society chronicler Derek Blasberg, and the fixation du moment of the most rarefied corners of Instagram.
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For decades, Spielberg has been one of our foremost chroniclers of America’s fascination with aliens, touching on the topic in films like 1977’s Close Encounters of the Third Kind and 1981’s ET.
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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