HISTORIOGRAPHER

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

historiographer (plural historiographers)

A scholar who studies historiography.

Source: Wiktionary


His*to`ri*og"ra*pher, n. Etym: [L. historiographus, Gr. historiographe.]

Definition: An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee press is 230 cm (7 ft 6 in) in height and 72 cm (2 ft 4 in) in diameter and was created by Salzillo Tea and Coffee (Spain) in Murcia, Spain, in February 2007. The cafetière consists of a stainless steel container, a filtering piston, and a superior lid.

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