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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Directed by fan and historian Questlove, this examination of the roots of the iconic funk-pop-R&B-jazz outfit spearheaded by the mercurial Maurice White is a study in how legends are built and how legacy prevails.
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 June 2026
On May 15, 2026, at the annual meeting of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections in Memphis, audio historian Patrick Feaster proposed another candidate for the title—a recording machine that would have preceded Edison’s by nearly a century.
—Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
Goetz is also the main subject of Fear and Fury, by the historian Heather Ann Thompson, and Five Bullets, by the CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams, both of which narrate the shooting and ensuing legal saga in great detail.
—Kevin Lozano, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
These vessels and crews, whose wages were paid by the American government, constituted what many historians consider America’s first navy.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
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Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 3 June 2026
On May 15, 2026, at the annual meeting of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections in Memphis, audio historian Patrick Feaster proposed another candidate for the title—a recording machine that would have preceded Edison’s by nearly a century.
—Ron Cowen, Scientific American, 3 June 2026
Goetz is also the main subject of Fear and Fury, by the historian Heather Ann Thompson, and Five Bullets, by the CNN legal analyst Elliot Williams, both of which narrate the shooting and ensuing legal saga in great detail.
—Kevin Lozano, Harpers Magazine, 2 June 2026
These vessels and crews, whose wages were paid by the American government, constituted what many historians consider America’s first navy.
—Christopher Magra, The Conversation, 2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for historian
chronicler
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Soon afterwards, Mavis would be up in Montparnasse watching the same chaotic flow, writing the first of the stories that would make her one of the century’s great chroniclers of exile and its varieties.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Having dedicated himself to being a cinematic chronicler of music and the people who make it, Carney has carved out a unique in-between space as a storyteller.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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