- plural of historian.
historians
Example Sentences
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That possibility gives historians a new way to interpret the AKL and the political motives behind it.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 26, 2026
Many historians and academics accuse him of twisting history to fit his agenda.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
He enslaved more than 100 people at Mount Vernon, and historians continue to grapple with the contradiction between the nation’s founding ideals and the human bondage practiced by its first president, among his strong mythology.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
In fact, historians do not really know how it was pronounced, he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
What Shapin offers is essentially a circular argument: talk of constraint is incompatible with relativism, but historians are committed to relativism, consequently they must not talk of constraint.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
