historian
Syllables: his·to·ri·an/hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/US/hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/
historian noun: a writer of history.
Noun
historian (plural historians)
- A writer of history.
- Synonyms:
- commentator
- 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.1992, Jonathan Gorman, Understanding history, page 65
- history does not consult the convenience of historians, though some of them are not always aware of it.1975, Eric Hobsbawm, The Age of Capital. 1848-1875, published 1995, page 354
- One who recounts their own medical history.
- The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.2007, Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care
historian meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
historian in Hindi
- writer of history
- इतिहासकार itihāskār, इतिहासज्ञ itihāsajña
- person who studies history
- इतिहासकार itihāskār, इतिहासज्ञ itihāsajña
historian in Tamil
- வரலாற்றாசிரியர், வரலாற்றறிஞர்
historian in Marathi
- इतिहासकार, इतिहासज्ञ
historian in Urdu
- writer of history
- مؤرخ muvarrix
- person who studies history
- مؤرخ muvarrix
More languagesFewer languages
- historian in Bengali
- ইতিহাসবিদ itihasbid
- historian in Telugu
- చరిత్రకారుడు
- historian in Malayalam
- ചരിത്രകാരൻ, ചരിത്രജ്ഞൻ
- historian in Kannada
- ಇತಿಹಾಸಕಾರ, ಚರಿತ್ರೆಯ ಲೇಖಕ, ಚರಿತ್ರಕಾರ, ಇತಿಹಾಸಜ್ಞ
- historian in Punjabi
- ਇਤਿਹਾਸਕਾਰ
- historian in Gujarati
- ઈતિહાસકાર, ઇતિહાસકાર
- historian in Odia
- ଇତିହାସଜ୍ଞ
- historian in Nepali
- इतिहासकार, इतिहासविद्, ईतिहासकार
- historian in Pashto
- مؤرخ moarᶕx, مورخ moaréx, تاريخدان tārixdãn, تاريخپوه tāríxpoh
- historian in Arabic
- مُؤَرِّخ muʔarriḵ, مُؤَرِّخَة muʔarriḵa
- historian in Malay
- sejarawan, ahli sejarah, muwarikh, tarikh
- historian in Persian
- مورخ movarrax, تاریخ نویس târix navis
- historian in Thai
- นักประวัติศาสตร์ nák-bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat
- historian in Vietnamese
- nhà viết sử, sử gia, nhà sử học
- historian in Myanmar
- သမိုင်းပညာရှင် sa.muing:pa.nyahrang
Examples of historian in a sentence
- Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.
- A literary historian, she specialized in the dialogues of ancient Greek philosophers.
- A person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
Synonyms of historian
Forms of historian
| plural | historians |
|---|---|
| alternative form | hist. |
Origin of historian
From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.
Words formed from historian
- alternate historian
- alternative historian
- art historian
- ecohistorian
- ethnohistorian
- family historian
- geohistorian
- herstorian
- historianess
- macrohistorian
- media historian
- microhistorian
- natural historian
- nonhistorian
- protohistorian
- pseudohistorian
- psychohistorian
- public historian
- social historian
- sociohistorian
- twistorian
Questions about historian
- What does historian mean?
- Historian means a writer of history.
- What is historian in Hindi?
- Historian in Hindi is इतिहासकार (itihāskār), इतिहासज्ञ (itihāsajña). See Historian meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is historian?
- Historian is a noun.
- How do you pronounce historian?
- Historian is pronounced /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of historian?
- The plural of historian is historians.
Words near historian in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: historian (page history and authors); historian (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); historian (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historian (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historian (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); historian (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); historian (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historian (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historian (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); historian (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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