historian

• hist. (abbreviation)

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

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/, /hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/
• (New York Metropolitan Area) IPA^(key): /hɪˈstɑɹi.ən/
• Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧an

historian (plural historians)

1. A writer of history.
2. One who studies or researches history.
   • 1992, Jonathan Gorman, Understanding history, page 65:

     If this is what real people and societies are like, then it may be appropriate for historians to represent their subjects' lives in storylike form.

3. (medicine) One who recounts their own medical history.
   • 2007, Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care:

     The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.

• (writer of a history): commentator (obsolete)

• annalist (writer of yearly accounts); chronicler, chronist (compiler of chronological lists of events)

• historian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

historian

1. accusative singular of historia

historian

1. genitive/accusative singular of historia

historian

1. third-person plural present indicative of historiar

historian

1. definite singular of historia