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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Time, 6 Nov. 2025
And as the nation marked the 80th anniversary in August of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, that marked the end of World War II, these veterans continue to fight for recognition — and to work with historians to preserve their stories.
—Hope Hodge Seck, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Known as the Smoot-Hawley tariffs (for their congressional sponsors), these levies have been widely condemned by economists and historians for limiting world commerce and making the Great Depression worse.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1989, historian Martin Bauml Duberman published an acclaimed biography of Roberson.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Time, 6 Nov. 2025
And as the nation marked the 80th anniversary in August of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, that marked the end of World War II, these veterans continue to fight for recognition — and to work with historians to preserve their stories.
—Hope Hodge Seck, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Known as the Smoot-Hawley tariffs (for their congressional sponsors), these levies have been widely condemned by economists and historians for limiting world commerce and making the Great Depression worse.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
In 1989, historian Martin Bauml Duberman published an acclaimed biography of Roberson.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for historian
chronicler
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While Spanish chroniclers numbered the population around the time of European contact to have been 1 million, anthropologists have disputed this, arguing instead for the population to have been 6–12 million.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Oct. 2025
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As an alum of The Washington Post’s crackerjack sports desk of decades past, she is best known as an ace author, whose trilogy of biographies—of Sandy Koufax, Mickey Mantle, and Babe Ruth—ensure her place in the first division of the baseball chroniclers.—
Mark Leibovich,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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