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historiographer

noun
his·​to·​ri·​og·​ra·​pher | \ hi-ˌstȯr-ē-ˈä-grə-fər How to pronounce historiographer (audio) \

Definition of historiographer

: historian

Examples of historiographer in a Sentence

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 Mabel Rosenheck is a writer, historian, and historiographer with a PhD in media studies from Northwestern University. — Mabel, Longreads, "Yearning for My Emo Days in Nostalgia-Inducing Asbury Park," 28 July 2017

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First Known Use of historiographer

15th century, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for historiographer

Middle French historiographeur, from Late Latin historiographus, from Greek historiographos, from historia + graphein to write — more at carve

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