Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for historian. Search instead for filmhistorias.
Definitions

historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
Synonyms
Antonyms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“It just happened in 10 seconds,” Dodgers historian Mark Langill said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2026

As medical historian Richard Shryock observed: “In reviewing the circumstances of health in early America, one almost wonders that so many people survived and that the country grew and prospered.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

As a historian of racism, Kendi has always known that racism is global.

From Slate • Apr. 13, 2026

The poems have been published in a collection called Poems from an Attic, which also includes a poem about her husband, historian Michael Foot.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

The night before Magister Brangwain Spurge was shot across the Bonecruel Mountains, Werfel the Archivist, goblin historian at the Court of the Mighty Ghohg, lay in bed under heaped blankets, unable to sleep.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin




Vocabulary lists containing historian