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Historian

//hɪˈstɔːɹɪən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A writer of history.
  2. 2
    a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it wordnet
  3. 3
    One who studies or researches history.

    "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."

  4. 4
    One who recounts their own medical history.

    "The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian."

Etymology

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

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