HISTORIAN

historian, historiographer

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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

historian (plural historians)

A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

One who studies or researches history.

(medicine) One who recounts their own medical history.

Source: Wiktionary


His*to"ri*an, n. Etym: [F. historien.]

1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. Sir J. Reynolds.

2. One versed or well informed in history. Great captains should be good historians. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Raw coffee beans, soaked in water and spices, are chewed like candy in many parts of Africa.

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