historiographer
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his·to·ri·og·ra·pher
(hĭ-stôr′ē-ŏg′rə-fər)n.
1. A specialist in historiography.
2. A historian, especially one designated by a group or public institution.
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historiographer
(hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfə)n
1. (Historical Terms) a historian, esp one concerned with historical method and the writings of other historians
2. (Historical Terms) a historian employed to write the history of a group or public institution
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his•to•ri•og•ra•pher
(hɪˌstɔr iˈɒg rə fər, -ˌstoʊr-)n.
1. historian.
2. an official historian, as of a court, institution, or society.
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Noun | 1. | historiographer - a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it history - the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long view" annalist - a historian who writes annals art historian - a historian of art chronicler - someone who writes chronicles bookman, scholar, scholarly person, student - a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines |
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historiographer
[ˌhɪstɒrɪˈɒgrəfəʳ] N → historiógrafo/a m/fCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
historiographer
[hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒgrəfəʳ] n → storiografo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995