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Synonyms for historian
hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr-his·to·ri·an
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Princeton's WordNet
historian, historiographernoun
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Synonyms:
historiographer
Dictionary of English Synonymes
historiannoun
Synonyms:
chronicler, annalist, writer of history
How to use historian in a sentence?
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
As a historian, I always found it interesting that he didn't really talk about it [ his time as a POW ] unless asked, he saw it as part of his service to the country, and did n’t want to dwell on past service but what he could do today, here and now.
Lytton Strachey, Eminent Victorians (1918):
The history of the Victorian Age will never be written: we know too much about it. For ignorance is the first requisite of the historian - ignorance, which simplifies and clarifies, which selects and omits, with a placid perfection unattainable by the highest art.
The writer's language is to some degree the product of his own action; he is both the historian and the agent of his own language.
As a local historian I was amazed and delighted to have the details of the letter passed to me.
Translations for historian
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- مؤرخArabic
- гісто́рыкBelarusian
- historiadorCatalan, Valencian
- historikCzech
- Historikerin, HistorikerGerman
- ιστορικόςGreek
- historiistoEsperanto
- historiadora, historiadorSpanish
- ajaloolaneEstonian
- historiankirjoittaja, historioitsijaFinnish
- historienne, historienFrench
- historiadorGalician
- היסטוריוןHebrew
- történetíró, történészHungarian
- storica, storicoItalian
- 史家, 歴史家Japanese
- ប្រវត្តិវិទូKhmer
- 역사학자Korean
- مێژوونووسKurdish
- rerum scriptorLatin
- vēsturnieksLatvian
- ahli sejarah, historikus, muwarikh, tarikh, sejarawanMalay
- historicus, geschiedkundigeDutch
- historykPolish
- historiador, historiógrafoPortuguese
- историкRussian
- pȍvjesničārka, pȍvjesničārSerbo-Croatian
- historikerSwedish
- tarihçiTurkish
- hijenavan, jenavan, jijenavanVolapük
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