as in chronicler
a student or writer of history
historians are still trying to sort out fact from fiction in the story of Kateri Tekakwitha, the Lily of the Mohawks
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But flooding the airwaves, media outlets and the internet with all things Trump isn’t the same as keeping records that document the inner workings of an administration, historians caution.
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Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Michael Ledeen was a brilliant historian who dedicated his life to freedom, the lamp of liberty lit by the Judeo-Christian tradition of America and that West.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 May 2025
The leading candidates are Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, a liberal ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian with no previous political experience, supported by the right-wing Law and Justice party.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
In an article recently published in the journal PLOS One, historians announced the discovery of Tel Shiqmona, an archaeological mound south of the Israeli city of Haifa.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
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Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2025
Michael Ledeen was a brilliant historian who dedicated his life to freedom, the lamp of liberty lit by the Judeo-Christian tradition of America and that West.
—Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 20 May 2025
The leading candidates are Warsaw Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski, a liberal ally of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian with no previous political experience, supported by the right-wing Law and Justice party.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 May 2025
In an article recently published in the journal PLOS One, historians announced the discovery of Tel Shiqmona, an archaeological mound south of the Israeli city of Haifa.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 10 May 2025
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“Historian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/historian. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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