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historiographer

[hi-stawr-ee-og-ruh-fer, -stohr-]

noun

a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.

an official historian, as of a court, institution, or cultural or learned society.

Origin:
1485–95; < Latin historiograph(us) < Greek historiográphos (see history, -o-, -graph) + -er¹

Related forms

his·to·ri·og·ra·pher·ship, noun

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historiographer (hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfə)

—n
1.	a historian, esp one concerned with historical method and the writings of other historians
2.	a historian employed to write the history of a group or public institution

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