historiographer

his·to·ri·og·ra·pher

H0219600 (hĭ-stôr′ē-ŏg′rə-fər)n.1. A specialist in historiography.2. A historian, especially one designated by a group or public institution.

historiographer

(hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfə) n1. (Historical Terms) a historian, esp one concerned with historical method and the writings of other historians2. (Historical Terms) a historian employed to write the history of a group or public institution

his•to•ri•og•ra•pher

(hɪˌstɔr iˈɒg rə fər, -ˌstoʊr-)

n. 1. historian. 2. an official historian, as of a court, institution, or society. [1485–95; < Latin historiographus < Greek historiográphos; see history, -o-, -grapher]

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historiographer - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about ithistorianhistory - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view"annalist - a historian who writes annalsart historian - a historian of artchronicler - someone who writes chroniclesbookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines

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