historiannoun [ C ]
uk/hɪˈstɔː.ri.ən/us/hɪˈstɔːr.i.ən/C1 someone who writes about or studies history
Examples
- Her father was an eminent historian.
- This is the acclaimed historian John Taylor's first sortie into fiction.
- Some historians think that history repeats itself.
- The archive is a goldmine for historians.
- The book was written by an amateur local historian.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
History - general words
- a page in/of history idiom
- Age of Exploration
- annals
- antiquarian
- antiquary
- antique
- historic
- historical
- history
- legacy
- modern
- oral history
- oral tradition
- page
- the Agrarian Revolution
- time
Examples from literature
- Historians from the time said the Persian army had over one million soldiers, but modern writers say the number was probably lower – between 100,000 and 360,000.
- Historians think that rickshaws were first used in Japan in the mid-19th century.