Definitions for historian
hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr-his·to·ri·an

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.5 / 26 votes

1. historian, historiographernoun

   a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 5 votes

1. historiannoun

   A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

2. historiannoun

   One versed or well informed in history.

3. Etymology: From historien

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Historiannoun

   A writer of facts and events; a writer of history.

   Etymology: historicus, Latin; historien, French.

   What thanks sufficient, or what recompence
   Equal, have I to render thee, divine
   Historian! John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. viii.

   Our country, which has produced writers of the first figure in every other kind of work, has been very barren in good historians. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

   Not added years on years my task could close,
   The long historian of my country’s woes. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

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1. Historian

   A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. Some historians are recognized by publications or training and experience. "Historian" became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere.

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1. historian

   A historian is an individual who researches, studies, interprets, and writes about the past. They use a variety of sources such as written documents, artifacts, architectural structures, and oral accounts to gather, collate, analyze, and construct narratives about past events, people, or phenomena, often within a particular temporal or thematic framework. Historians seek to understand the causes and effects of historical happenings, and their work contributes to the broader knowledge of human history and culture.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Historiannoun

   a writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist

2. Historiannoun

   one versed or well informed in history

3. Etymology: [F. historien.]

FreebaseRate this definition:4.4 / 5 votes

1. Historian

   A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is concerned with events preceding written history, the individual is a historian of prehistory. Although "historian" can be used to describe amateur and professional historians alike, it is reserved more recently for those who have acquired graduate degrees in the discipline. Some historians, though, are recognized by publications or training and experience. "Historian" became a professional occupation in the late nineteenth century as research universities were emerging in Germany and elsewhere.

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1. • History
   • Scholar

British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'historian' in Nouns Frequency: #1393

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of historian in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of historian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of historian in a Sentence

1. Steven Runciman:

   I believe that the supreme duty of the historian is to write history, that is to say, to attempt to record in one sweeping sequence the greater events and movements that have swayed the destiny of man.

2. Lee Simonson:

   Any event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian.

3. European Council President Donald Tusk:

   Why is it so dangerous? Because no one can foresee what the long-term consequences would be, as a historian I fear that Brexit could be the beginning of the destruction of not only the EU but also of western political civilization in its entirety.

4. Edward Morgan Forster:

   The historian must have some conceptions of how men who are not historians behave.

5. Dina Porat:

   For somebody who knows something about history and grew up in the house of historian Professor Benzion Netanyahu, he should know well, but in my humble opinion, to say that the mufti gave Adolf Hitler the idea is wrong.

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