historian
US /hɪˈstɔriən/
Definition
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
A local historian gave a talk at the museum yesterday.
Synonyms
- chroniclersomeone who writes chronicles
- historiographera person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Collocations
- Easy famous historiandescribing famous historian (widely known and esteemed)
- Medium art historian lecturedescribing art historian lecture (the products of human creativity; works of art collectively)
- Hard prominent economic historiandescribing prominent economic historian (having a quality that thrusts itself into attention)
- Very Hard court historian chronicling royal intrigueto court historian chronicling royal intrigue, meaning to make amorous advances towards
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