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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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"It lays out not just the types of dishes to be prepared, but also their weight and quality. These standards are still followed strictly," says historian Taqui.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

But Lord Roberts, a historian, has argued the Earl Marshal and the Lord Great Chamberlain should be allowed to keep their hereditary seats in the Lords.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Mr. Allport, a historian at Syracuse University, found this lovely missive in the digital archive of RAF Bomber Command, one of the many archives he has culled to put this book together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

As the historian Daniel Dreisbach has observed, the King James Bible was “the most accessible, authoritative, and venerated text in early colonial society.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

To green activists, as the University of Wisconsin historian William Cronon has written, restoring this long-ago, putatively natural state is a task that society is morally bound to undertake.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann