historiographer

UK: /hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfə/ US: (hi stôr′ē og′rə fər, -stōr′-)

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his•to•ri•og•ra•pher  (hi stôr′ē og′rə fər, -stōr′-), n. 

1. a historian, esp. one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
2. an official historian, as of a court, institution, or cultural or learned society.

• Greek historiográphos (see history, -o-, -graph) + -er¹
• Latin historiograph(us)
• 1485–95

his•to′ri•og′ra•pher•ship′, n. 

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historiographer / hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfə/ noun

1. a historian, esp one concerned with historical method and the writings of other historians
2. a historian employed to write the history of a group or public institution