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historiographical

Variant of historiographer

noun

  1. a historian; esp., one appointed to write the history of some institution, country, etc.
  2. a specialist in historiography

Origin: < OFr or LL: OFr historiographeur < LL historiographus < Gr historiographos < historia (see history) + graphein, to write (see graphic)

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