historian

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See also: historían

English

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Etymology

From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”). 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; a chronicler; an annalist.
  2. One who studies or researches history.
  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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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
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