historian
//hɪˈstɔːɹɪən//
Forms
- Plural
- historians
Definitions
1.A writer of history.
2.One who studies or researches history.
- 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.One who recounts their own medical history.
- The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3157
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian.
More at history.