historian

B1 Topic:People & Society

US /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/ UK /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/ See IPA manual

Freq #13258

Meanings

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noun
A person who studies or writes about history.

The historian spent years researching the ancient city.

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1 noun · a person who studies or... historiographer

Word family

Forms historians

Derived forms ecohistorianethnohistoriangeohistorianherstorianhistorianessmacrohistorianmicrohistoriannonhistorianprotohistorianpseudohistorianpsychohistoriansociohistorian

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art historian
a person who studies how art developed in different places and periods

Noun + noun

Etymology

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

historian Middle English historien Old French historia Latin

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# historian

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/
**IPA (UK):** /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/
**Frequency rank:** 13258

## Meanings
1. A person who studies or writes about history.

## Examples
- The historian spent years researching the ancient city.

## Derived Forms
- ecohistorian
- ethnohistorian
- geohistorian
- herstorian
- historianess
- macrohistorian
- microhistorian
- nonhistorian
- protohistorian
- pseudohistorian
- psychohistorian
- sociohistorian

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: historian
- Root: historien
- Root: historia
- Affix: -ian - one who

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

## AI Etymology
Historian comes from Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main sense is “A person who studies or writes about history”.

## Topics
- People & Society

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