Chronicler
name, noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who writes a chronicle or chronicles.
"But he was also a natural chronicler: one senses that, even as his schemes collapsed, this aesthetic Arab Quixote knew the stories would make great material for his witty, sharp, melancholic writings."
- 2 someone who writes chronicles wordnet
- 1 The presumed author/redactor of the Book of Chronicles and certain other books of the Tanakh.
"The Chronicler's survey of events in the history of Judah (often, but not always, from a positive perspective) is articulated through a theological framework centered on covenant. In short, the book of Chronicles recounts the faithful acts of ..."
Example
More examples"Unable to wield the sword, he seizes his poetical pen, resolved to become the Chronicler and Historian of the war, and thus add his little mite for the improvement of future generations."
Etymology
From chronicle + -er.
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