a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it
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his•to•ri•an
(hi stôr′ē ən, -stōr′-),USA pronunciation n.
- World Historyan expert in history;
authority on history. - World Historya writer of history;
chronicler.
- late Middle English. See history, -an 1400–50
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'historian' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
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- Agricola
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- Albright
- Allen
- Ammianus
- Andrews
- Arndt
- Arnold
- Aulard
- Bancroft
- Banneker
- Barros
- Barzun
- Beaglehole
- Becker
- Bede
- Belloc
- Berenson
- Berlin
- Beveridge
- Binyon
- Blanc
- Bloch
- Blunt
- Bowers
- Brandes
- Braudel
- Brookner
- Bryce
- Buchan
- Buchanan
- Burckhardt
- Burnet
- Burney
- Caesar
- Camden
- Carlyle
- Cassius Dio
- Catton
- Channing
- Clarendon
- Clark
- Clendinnen
- Comines
- Commager
- Coomaraswamy
- Costain