Synonyms for "annalist" (74 found)

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Closest matches (15)

advertising writerart criticauthorauthoressautobiographerautobiographistbelletristbibliographerbiographerboswellcalendar makercalendaristchroniclerchronographerchronologer

Strong matches (22)

chronologistclockmakercoauthorcollaboratorcolumnistcompilercomposercopywritercreative writercriticdance criticdiaristdrama criticdramatistencyclopedistessayistfree lancefree-lance writergenealogistghost

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ghostwriterhistorian

Related words (37)

historiographerhorologisthumoristinditerliterary artistliterary craftsmanliterary criticliterary manlitterateurlogographermagazine writerman of lettersmemorialistmonographermusic criticnarratornewspapermannovelettistnovelistpamphleteer

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penwomanpoetprose writerreviewerscenario writerscenaristscribescriptwritershort-story writerstorytellertechnical writertimekeepertimerwatchmakerword painterwordsmithwriter

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historianhistoriographer

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historian

related to

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analystannal

Translations

18 translations across 12 languages.

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Ancient Greek

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• χρονογράφος noun (writer of annals)

Arabic

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• مُؤَرِّخ noun (writer of annals)
• مُؤَرِّخَة noun (writer of annals)

Armenian

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• ժամանակագիր noun (writer of annals)

Finnish

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• kronikoitsija noun (writer of annals)

French

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• annaliste noun (writer of annals)

Irish

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• annálaí noun (writer of annals)

Italian

1 entries

• annalista noun (writer of annals)

Macedonian

1 entries

• лето́писец noun (writer of annals)

Polish

1 entries

• annalista noun (writer of annals)

Romanian

1 entries

• analist noun (writer of annals)

Russian

1 entries

• летопи́сец noun (writer of annals)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

• letopísac noun (writer of annals)
• litopísac noun (writer of annals)
• ljetopísac noun (writer of annals)
• летопи́сац noun (writer of annals)

Sample sentences

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The monks […] were the only annalists during those ages.

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