historian

[ hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr- ]
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noun
  1. an expert in history; authority on history.

  2. a writer of history; chronicler.

Origin of historian

1
1400–50; late Middle English. See history, -an

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British Dictionary definitions for historian

historian

/ (hɪˈstɔːrɪən) /


noun
  1. a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it

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