historian

B1 Topic:People & Society
US /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/ UK /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/
noun Freq #13258

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    A person who studies or writes about history.

    The historian spent years researching the ancient city.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a person who studies or... historiographer
Word family
Forms historians
Derived forms ecohistorianethnohistoriangeohistorianherstorianhistorianessmacrohistorianmicrohistoriannonhistorianprotohistorianpseudohistorianpsychohistoriansociohistorian

Etymology

From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.

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