English Explanatory Dictionary

historian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A writer of history.
  2. One who studies or researches history.
  3. One who recounts their own medical history.

Pronunciation

/hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/ /hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-historian.wav /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/ /hɪˈstɑɹi.ən/

Word forms

historian historians hist.

Etymology

From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.

Synonyms

commentator

Derived words

alternate historian alternative historian art historian ecohistorian ethnohistorian family historian geohistorian herstorian historianess macrohistorian media historian microhistorian natural historian nonhistorian protohistorian pseudohistorian psychohistorian public historian social historian sociohistorian twistorian
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