historian
Use Historian in a sentence
i noun
1.
an expert in history; authority on history.
2.
a writer of history; chronicler.
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| —n | |
| a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it | |
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Historian
is always a great word to know.
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Eventually he became a self-styled military historian and intelligence officer.
To help you direct your question each historian is listed with his or her subject area of expertise.
Working on this kind of thing is a good way to trick yourself into thinking you're a historian.
The continual rearrangement of the past to suit current prejudices is, after all, the historian's work.
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