annalist
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Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016
The malignant annalist asserted, too, that Napoleon's motive was personal spite against Prussia.
From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by William Milligan Sloane
"In a short time," says the annalist, "it was commonly reported forty men of Andover could raise the devil as well as any astrologer."
From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake
This annalist first suggested Varro’s famous derivation of the word Italy, which he deduced from Vitulus.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by John Dunlop
Footnote 16: Nicholas Gentzkow, doctor of law, born December 6, 1502, the son of a shoemaker, according to the annalist Berckmann, and deceased February 24, 1576, was elected burgomaster of Stralsund in 1555.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
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