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.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 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. 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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

WikidataRate 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.

Matched Categories

1. • History
   • Scholar

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

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How to pronounce historian?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

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   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

   US English

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How to say historian in sign language?

Numerology

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:

   Faced by the mountainous heap of the minutiae of knowledge and awed by the watchful severity of his colleagues, the modern historian too often takes refuge in learned articles or narrowly specialized dissertations, small fortresses that are easy to defend from attack.

2. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

   Has any historian sought to question why the wagonmaster of America's westward-bound pioneers 'circled' the wagons instead of 'squaring' or 'triangulating' them for a better defense strategy in fighting-off Indian raids on the plains:

3. Friedrich von Schlegel:

   The historian is a prophet in reverse.

4. Barbara Tuchman:

   To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.

5. 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.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=historian
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Historian
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=historian
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historian
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/historian
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=historian
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=historian