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historian

  • noun
  • his·to·ri·an
  • /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/

One who studies or researches history.

Other meanings

  1. One who recounts their own medical history.

Related words

  • art historian
  • ethnohistorian
  • family historian
  • historianess
  • media historian
  • natural historian
  • public historian
  • social historian
  • ecohistorian
  • geohistorian
  • herstorian
  • macrohistorian

Word history

From Latin "historia" (story, history).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “historian” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.