Definition of 'historian'
Word forms: plural historians
countable noun
A historian is a person who specializes in the study of history, and who writes books and articles about it.
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historian in British English
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a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it
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historian in American English
(hɪˈstɔriən, -ˈstour-)
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Historians are left forever chasing shadows, painfully aware of their inability ever to reconstruct a dead world in its completenessDead Certainties
History repeats itself. Historians repeat each otherSupers and Supermen
historian: a broad-gauge gossipThe Devil's Dictionary
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historian
British English: historian
/hɪˈstɔːrɪən/ NOUN
A historian is a person who specializes in the study of history and who writes about it.
- American English: historian /hɪˈstɔriən/
- Arabic: مُؤرِّخ
- Brazilian Portuguese: historiador
- Chinese: 历史学家
- Croatian: povjesničar
- Czech: historik
- Danish: historiker
- Dutch: historicus
- European Spanish: historiador
- Finnish: historiantutkija
- French: historien
- German: Historiker
- Greek: ιστορικός
- Italian: storico
- Japanese: 歴史家
- Korean: 역사가
- Norwegian: historiker
- Polish: historyk
- European Portuguese: historiador
- Romanian: istoric
- Russian: историк
- Latin American Spanish: historiador
- Swedish: historiker
- Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์
- Turkish: tarihçi
- Ukrainian: історик
- Vietnamese: sử gia
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