Historian

//hɪˈstɔːɹɪən//

Synonyms for "historian" (8 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)
archivist

Related words (4)

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2 entries

More specific

3 entries

capable of

1 entries

derived

19 entries

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derived from

1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

2 entries

related to

5 entries

Translations

234 translations across 75 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • historian noun (writer of history)
  • historian noun (person who studies history)

Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἱστορικός noun (writer of history)
  • ἱστορικός noun (person who studies history)

Arabic

4 entries
  • مُؤَرِّخ noun (writer of history)
  • مُؤَرِّخ noun (person who studies history)
  • مُؤَرِّخَة noun (writer of history)
  • مُؤَرِّخَة noun (person who studies history)

Armenian

4 entries
  • պատմաբան noun (person who studies history)
  • պատմագետ noun (person who studies history)
  • պատմագիր noun (writer of history)
  • պատմիչ noun (writer of history)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • tarixçi noun (writer of history)
  • tarixçi noun (person who studies history)

Basque

4 entries
  • historiagile noun (writer of history)
  • historiagile noun (person who studies history)
  • historialari noun (writer of history)
  • historialari noun (person who studies history)

Belarusian

4 entries
  • гісто́рык noun (writer of history)
  • гісто́рык noun (person who studies history)
  • гісто́рычка noun (writer of history)
  • гісто́рычка noun (person who studies history)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ইতিহাসবিদ noun (writer of history)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • истори́к noun (writer of history)
  • истори́к noun (person who studies history)
  • истори́чка noun (writer of history)
  • истори́чка noun (person who studies history)

Burmese

2 entries
  • သမိုင်းပညာရှင် noun (writer of history)
  • သမိုင်းပညာရှင် noun (person who studies history)

Catalan

2 entries
  • historiador noun (writer of history)
  • historiador noun (person who studies history)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • مێژوونووس noun (writer of history)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 史家 noun (writer of history)
  • 史家 noun (person who studies history)
  • 歷史學家 /历史学家 noun (writer of history)
  • 歷史學家 /历史学家 noun (person who studies history)

Czech

4 entries
  • historik noun (writer of history)
  • historik noun (person who studies history)
  • historička noun (writer of history)
  • historička noun (person who studies history)

Danish

2 entries
  • historiker noun (writer of history)
  • historiker noun (person who studies history)

Dutch

4 entries
  • geschiedkundige noun (writer of history)
  • geschiedkundige noun (person who studies history)
  • historicus noun (writer of history)
  • historicus noun (person who studies history)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • historiisto noun (writer of history)
  • historiisto noun (person who studies history)

Estonian

1 entries
  • ajaloolane noun (person who studies history)

Finnish

3 entries
  • historiankirjoittaja noun (writer of history)
  • historioitsija noun (writer of history)
  • historioitsija noun (person who studies history)

French

4 entries
  • historien noun (writer of history)
  • historien noun (person who studies history)
  • historienne noun (writer of history)
  • historienne noun (person who studies history)

Galician

2 entries
  • historiador noun (writer of history)
  • historiador noun (person who studies history)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ისტორიკოსი noun (writer of history)
  • ისტორიკოსი noun (person who studies history)

German

4 entries
  • Geschichtsschreiber noun (writer of history)
  • Historiker noun (writer of history)
  • Historiker noun (person who studies history)
  • Historikerin noun (writer of history)

Greek

2 entries
  • ιστορικός noun (writer of history)
  • ιστορικός noun (person who studies history)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הִיסְטוֹרְיוֹן noun (writer of history)
  • הִיסְטוֹרְיוֹן noun (person who studies history)

Hindi

4 entries
  • इतिहासकार noun (writer of history)
  • इतिहासकार noun (person who studies history)
  • इतिहासज्ञ noun (writer of history)
  • इतिहासज्ञ noun (person who studies history)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • történetíró noun (writer of history)
  • történész noun (person who studies history)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • sagnfræðingur noun (writer of history)
  • sagnfræðingur noun (person who studies history)

Ido

4 entries
  • historiero noun (writer of history)
  • historiero noun (person who studies history)
  • historiisto noun (writer of history)
  • historiisto noun (person who studies history)

Irish

2 entries
  • staraí noun (writer of history)
  • staraí noun (person who studies history)

Italian

4 entries
  • storica noun (writer of history)
  • storica noun (person who studies history)
  • storico noun (writer of history)
  • storico noun (person who studies history)

Japanese

3 entries
  • 史家 noun (writer of history)
  • 歴史家 noun (writer of history)
  • 歴史家 noun (person who studies history)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • тууҗч noun (writer of history)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • тарихшы noun (writer of history)
  • тарихшы noun (person who studies history)

Khmer

2 entries
  • ប្រវត្តិវិទូ noun (writer of history)
  • ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រិន noun (writer of history)

Korean

4 entries
  • 력사가 noun (writer of history)
  • 력사가 noun (person who studies history)
  • 력사학자 noun (writer of history)
  • 력사학자 noun (person who studies history)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • тарыхчы noun (writer of history)
  • тарыхчы noun (person who studies history)

Latin

2 entries
  • historicus noun (writer of history)
  • historicus noun (person who studies history)

Latvian

4 entries
  • vēsturniece noun (writer of history)
  • vēsturniece noun (person who studies history)
  • vēsturnieks noun (writer of history)
  • vēsturnieks noun (person who studies history)

Lithuanian

4 entries
  • istorikas noun (writer of history)
  • istorikas noun (person who studies history)
  • istorikė noun (writer of history)
  • istorikė noun (person who studies history)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • историчар noun (writer of history)
  • историчар noun (person who studies history)
  • историчарка noun (writer of history)
  • историчарка noun (person who studies history)

Malay

4 entries
  • ahli sejarah noun (writer of history)
  • historikus noun (writer of history)
  • muwarikh noun (writer of history)
  • sejarawan noun (writer of history)

Mongolian

4 entries
  • түүхч noun (writer of history)
  • түүхч noun (person who studies history)
  • ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡᠴᠢ noun (writer of history)
  • ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡᠴᠢ noun (person who studies history)

Māori

1 entries
  • tumu kōrero noun (writer of history)

Norman

1 entries
  • historien noun (writer of history)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • dîroknas noun (writer of history)
  • dîrokvan noun (writer of history)
  • dîrokzan noun (writer of history)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • historiker noun (writer of history)
  • historiker noun (person who studies history)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • historikar noun (writer of history)
  • historikar noun (person who studies history)

Occitan

1 entries
  • istorian noun (writer of history)

Old English

2 entries
  • stǣrleornere noun (person who studies history)
  • stǣrwrītere noun (writer of history)

Pashto

4 entries
  • تاريخدان noun (writer of history)
  • تاريخپوه noun (writer of history)
  • مؤرخ noun (writer of history)
  • مورخ noun (writer of history)

Persian

3 entries
  • تاریخ نویس noun (writer of history)
  • مورخ noun (writer of history)
  • مورخ noun (person who studies history)

Polish

4 entries
  • historyczka noun (writer of history)
  • historyczka noun (person who studies history)
  • historyk noun (writer of history)
  • historyk noun (person who studies history)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • historiador noun (writer of history)
  • historiador noun (person who studies history)
  • historiadora noun (writer of history)
  • historiadora noun (person who studies history)

Romanian

4 entries
  • istoric noun (writer of history)
  • istoric noun (person who studies history)
  • istorică noun (writer of history)
  • istorică noun (person who studies history)

Russian

2 entries
  • исто́рик noun (writer of history)
  • исто́рик noun (person who studies history)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • històričār noun (writer of history)
  • històričār noun (person who studies history)
  • històričārka noun (writer of history)
  • històričārka noun (person who studies history)

Slovak

4 entries
  • historik noun (writer of history)
  • historik noun (person who studies history)
  • historička noun (writer of history)
  • historička noun (person who studies history)

Slovene

4 entries
  • zgodovinar noun (writer of history)
  • zgodovinar noun (person who studies history)
  • zgodovinarka noun (writer of history)
  • zgodovinarka noun (person who studies history)

Spanish

4 entries
  • historiador noun (writer of history)
  • historiador noun (person who studies history)
  • historiadora noun (writer of history)
  • historiadora noun (person who studies history)

Swahili

1 entries
  • mwanahistoria noun (person who studies history)

Swedish

2 entries
  • historiker noun (writer of history)
  • historiker noun (person who studies history)

Tajik

2 entries
  • муаррих noun (writer of history)
  • муаррих noun (person who studies history)

Tatar

2 entries
  • тарихчы noun (writer of history)
  • тарихчы noun (person who studies history)

Thai

2 entries
  • นักประวัติศาสตร์ noun (writer of history)
  • นักประวัติศาสตร์ noun (person who studies history)

Turkish

4 entries
  • müverrih noun (writer of history)
  • tarihçi noun (writer of history)
  • tarihçi noun (person who studies history)
  • ötükçü noun (writer of history)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • taryhçy noun (writer of history)
  • taryhçy noun (person who studies history)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • істо́рик noun (writer of history)
  • істо́рик noun (person who studies history)
  • істо́ричка noun (writer of history)
  • істо́ричка noun (person who studies history)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مؤرخ noun (writer of history)
  • مؤرخ noun (person who studies history)

Uyghur

2 entries
  • تارىخچى noun (writer of history)
  • تارىخچى noun (person who studies history)

Uzbek

4 entries
  • muarrix noun (writer of history)
  • muarrix noun (person who studies history)
  • tarixchi noun (writer of history)
  • tarixchi noun (person who studies history)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • nhà sử học noun (person who studies history)
  • nhà viết sử noun (writer of history)
  • sử gia noun (writer of history)
  • sử gia noun (person who studies history)

Volapük

3 entries
  • hijenavan noun (writer of history)
  • jenavan noun (writer of history)
  • jijenavan noun (writer of history)

Võro

1 entries
  • aoluulanõ noun (person who studies history)

Welsh

2 entries
  • hanesydd noun (writer of history)
  • hanesydd noun (person who studies history)

Sample sentences

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Professor Suzuki is an expert historian.

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The role of the historian is less to discover and catalog documents than to interpret and explain them.

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He's a historian.

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He's a historian. He's now studying the structure of war.

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