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From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (story, history). More at history.

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.

writer of history

person who studies history

historian

  1. accusative singular of historia

historian

  1. genitive/accusative singular of historia

historian

  1. third-person plural present indicative of historiar

historian

  1. definite singular of historia