historian
See also: historían
English
Alternative forms
- hist. (abbreviation)
Etymology
From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to history + -ian. More at history.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/, /hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/
- (New York Metropolitan Area) IPA(key): /hɪˈstɑɹi.ən/
- Hyphenation: his‧to‧ri‧an
Noun
historian (plural historians)
- A writer of history.
- One who studies or researches history.
- 1992, Jonathan Gorman, Understanding history, page 65:
- 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.
- (medicine) One who recounts their own medical history.
- 2007, Joyce E. Dains, Linda Ciofu Baumann, Pamela Scheibel, Advanced Health Assessment and Clinical Diagnosis in Primary Care:
- The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.
Synonyms
- (writer of a history): commentator (obsolete)
Hyponyms
- annalist (writer of yearly accounts); chronicler, chronist (compiler of chronological lists of events)
Derived terms
Translations
writer of history
|
person who studies history
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Further reading
Albanian
Etymology
Noun
historián m
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | historian | historiani | historianë | historianët |
| accusative | historianin | |||
| dative | historiani | historianit | historianëve | historianëve |
| ablative | historianësh | |||
Further reading
- “historian”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /histoˈrian/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ian
- Syllabification: his‧to‧ri‧an
Adjective
historian
- accusative singular of historia
Finnish
Noun
historian
- genitive/accusative singular of historia
Spanish
Verb
historian
- third-person plural present indicative of historiar
Swedish
Noun
historian
- definite singular of historia