单词 | historiaster |
释义 | historiastern. Now rare. An inferior or mediocre historian. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > historical narrative > [noun] > historian > petty or contemptible historian historiaster1736 historicaster1861 1736 Z. Grey Eng. Presbyterian Eloquence (title page) Humbly inscribed to those two celebrated Historiasters, Mr. Oldmixon..and Mr. Samuel Chandler. 1887 19th Cent. Oct. 458 We next meet our historian—or historiaster, if the name might be coined to describe him—on one of the comparatively rare occasions where he is dealing mostly with undisputed facts. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 23 Apr. 3/2 Our modern historiasters neglect this. 1947 M. L. W. Laistner Greater Rom. Historians viii. 153 ‘But this is shocking,’ some scientific historiaster of our own day will exclaim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1736 |
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