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historian

noun

hi-ˈstȯr-ē-ən

Definition of historian

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 While Harry and Meghan’s decision is a surprise to many, royal historian Ed Owens said recent events created a pathway for the couple's return. — ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026 According to a medieval historian at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in England, Pope Alexander had his own bone to pick with King Harold. — Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026 IndieWire got a closer look during a more than two-hour tour of the Bruin with Los Angeles theater historian Bill Counter, another member of the local team which also includes Bay Theatre operator Peter Kunellis. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2026 The tour guide, a public historian named Lexi Cleveland, created this very 2026 experience as the executive vice president of ARtGlass, an AR company. — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for historian

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chronicler

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Jeff Nichols is not only one of cinema’s foremost chroniclers of the American South, but is doing his damnedest to revitalize the film scene in his hometown of Little Rock, Arkansas.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026
Colonial chroniclers recorded epidemics, but their descriptions cannot always identify the responsible pathogen or follow its spread through Indigenous communities.

— Sam Macdonald, Scientific American, 30 July 2026

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