historian

See also: historían

English

Alternative forms

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)

  1. A writer of history.
  2. 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.
  3. (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.

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Albanian

Etymology

From histori +‎ -an.

Noun

historián m

  1. historian

Declension

Declension of historian
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

  1. accusative singular of historia

Finnish

Noun

historian

  1. genitive/accusative singular of historia

Spanish

Verb

historian

  1. third-person plural present indicative of historiar

Swedish

Noun

historian

  1. definite singular of historia