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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Recent Examples of historian That passion is shared by many of the hundreds of workers, from architects and stonemasons to art historians and anthropologists, who have come together over the past five years to help restore the cathedral to its former glory. Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2024 Legal historians have even traced it back to ancient Greek and Roman times. Christine McDaniel, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024 Jarman met Charles, an author, historian and younger brother of the late Princess Diana, in 2021 when an archaeological investigation brought her to Althorp House, the Spencer family's ancestral home in Northamptonshire, England. Janine Henni, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024 The Missing Allied Air Crew Research Team contacted historians from the DPAA to inform them of a possible crash site near Wistedt, Germany. Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for historian 

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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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