as in chronicler
a student or writer of history
historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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Both contemporary visitors and historians typically mention something of the boarding-house system.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
Today, the fashion industry and historians recognize this as the invention of the modern bra.
—Molly Peck, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
As legal historian Kate Redburn has documented, throughout the twentieth century, local ordinances across the country threatened people who defied gender norms with prosecution and even prison sentences.
—Chase Strangio, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
Latta Place redesign plan A steering committee made up of county staff, historians, scholars, community leaders and descendants helped guide the county’s efforts and traveled to other former slave plantations as part of their work.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 2 Apr. 2025
Today, the fashion industry and historians recognize this as the invention of the modern bra.
—Molly Peck, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2025
As legal historian Kate Redburn has documented, throughout the twentieth century, local ordinances across the country threatened people who defied gender norms with prosecution and even prison sentences.
—Chase Strangio, Time, 31 Mar. 2025
Latta Place redesign plan A steering committee made up of county staff, historians, scholars, community leaders and descendants helped guide the county’s efforts and traveled to other former slave plantations as part of their work.
—Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 8 Apr. 2025.
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