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Plural of historian

regular plural

The plural of historian is historians.

Forms of historian

Singularhistorian /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/
Pluralhistorians /hɪˈstɔːɹɪənz/
Countablecountable

Historians in a sentence

  • 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
  • Magoon's governorship in Cuba was viewed in a negative light by many Cuban historians for years thereafter.From the entry light
  • Historians argue about when the Roman Empire began to peak and ultimately decay.From the entry peak
  • Among historians he was a maverick because of his belief that history is meaningless.From the entry maverick

Meaning of historian

  1. noun A writer of history.
  2. noun One who studies or researches history.
  3. noun One who recounts their own medical history.

Full definition of historian

Questions about the plural of historian

What is the plural of historian?
The plural of historian is historians.
Is historian countable?
Historian is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: historian (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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