historian
Appearance
See also: historían
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hist. (abbreviation)
Etymology
[edit]From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to history + -ian. More at history.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/, /hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/
- (New York Metropolitan Area) IPA(key): /hɪˈstɑɹi.ən/
- Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧an
Noun
[edit]historian (plural historians)
- A writer of history.
- One who studies or researches history.
- 1992, Jonathan Gorman, Understanding history, page 65:
- If this is what real people and societies are like, then it may be appropriate for historians to represent their subjects' lives in storylike form.
- (medicine) One who recounts their own medical history.
- 2007, Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care:
- The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.
Synonyms
[edit]- (writer of a history): commentator (obsolete)
Hyponyms
[edit]- annalist (writer of yearly accounts); chronicler, chronist (compiler of chronological lists of events)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]writer of history
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person who studies history
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Further reading
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Adjective
[edit]historian
- accusative singular of historia
Finnish
[edit]Noun
[edit]historian
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]historian
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]historian
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