historian Definition
his·to·rian (his tôr′ē ən)
noun
- a writer of history
- an authority on or specialist in history
Etymology: MFr historien
historian Synonyms
historian
n.
historian Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- overlook: Sir Guy Dawber ( 1861-1938 ) is now largely overlooked by architectural historians but deserves to be better known.
- ignore: Medieval Churches of West Yorkshire a survey of the county's medieval parish churches, many of which have been ignored by architectural historians.
- dismiss: They were often dismissed by British architectural historians as disobeying all the tenets of architecture.
Adjective modifier
- architectural: You can research the history of your house yourself, or you can employ professional architectural historians.
- revisionist: Neither is it any coincidence that there are currently 4 revisionist historians that are awaiting trial for the " heresy " of debating history.
- distinguished: Bill Williams the distinguished local historian of Manchester related to me an incident that occurred on this campus in January 1933.
- eminent: Written by the eminent historian, Dr. John Davies.
- Marxist: What do the British Marxist historians have to offer to the theorizing of social movements?
- amateur: There are many more examples but I am merely an old soldier and amateur historian.
Modifies a noun
Herodotus: But according to the Greek historian Herodotus, his hired Phoenician fleet successfully completed its mission of circumnavigating Africa.
Noun used with modifier
- art: Sir Ernst Gombrich, a major art historian, died in London on November 3rd 2001 at 92.
- family: Clearly many of our new users are family historians.
- accounting: These historians found only occasional interest in Bookkeeping; but they focused more often on Europe than have many accounting historians today.
- railroad: Coming soon, a fine report by our miniature railroad historian John Myers on the Rhyl Gala.
- film: Let me conclude with some words of David Cook the film historian.
- church: An excellent academic theologian and Church historian, he was also a poet and philosopher.
Possessives
revisionist: Then what of the anti-nationalist, our so-called ' revisionist ' historian?
Preposition: of
- mathematics: And I believe that 1967 will be treated by future historians of mathematics as a turning point.
- science: Historians of science need to explicitly guide students in the process of interpreting historical narratives from within alternative perspectives.
- medicine: The Unit acts as the principal focus for historians of medicine throughout the North of England.
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