historian

[His*to·ri*an]

A historian is someone who is an authority on history. Your American History textbook was written by a historian.

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A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

Noun
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it


n.
A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

n.
One versed or well informed in history.


Historian

His*to"ri*an , n. [F. historien.] 1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.
Even the historian takes great liberties with facts.
2. One versed or well informed in history.
Great captains should be good historians.

Historic, Historical

His*tor"ic , His*tor"ic*al , a. [L. historicus, Gr. : cf. F. historique. See History.] Of or pertaining to history, or the record of past events; as, an historical poem; the historic page. -- His*tor"ic*al*ness, n. -- His*to*ric"i*ty , n.
There warriors frowning in historic brass.
Historical painting, that branch of painting which represents the events of history. -- Historical sense, that meaning of a passage which is deduced from the circumstances of time, place, etc., under which it was written. -- The historic sense, the capacity to conceive and represent the unity and significance of a past era or age.

A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

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Usage Examples

In any case, his judgment and set of values, acting alone or through his assistants, determine not only what is gold and what is dross but the design of the history which he creates out of the metal. The historian decides what is significant, and what is not.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius.

To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

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Other Usage Examples

What would be the nicest thing I could say about Newt Gingrich? He may be one of the great supporters of the humanities, because you have people who don't want to study the social sciences, because it's not profitable, and now Newt, as the highest-paid historian in American history, may be an encouragement to people to study history.

A good historian is timeless although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

Although some people think I am a romantic novelist I have always thought of myself as a rather gritty radical historian.

The only protection as a historian is to institute a process of research and writing that minimizes the possibility of error. And that I have tried to do, aided by modern technology, which enables me, having long since moved beyond longhand, to use a computer for both organizing and taking notes.

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