historiographer
NounSynonyms:
historian
Open English WordNet
Noun (1)
- a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about itSynonyms: historianType of scholar, scholarly personKinds chronicler, art historian, annalistExamples Franklin, Gibbon, Knox, Parkinson, Gardiner, Durant, Sir George Trevelyan, Wiesel, Barbara W. Tuchman, Mahan +25 more
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
His·to′ri·og′ra·pher (hĭs-tō′rĭ-ŏg′rȧ-fẽr), noun
Origin: L. historiographus, Gr. ἱστοριογράφος; ἱστορία history + γράφειν to write: cf. F. historiographe.
An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54