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historian

[hi-stawr-ee-uhn, -stohr-] / hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr- /
NOUN
student of history
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"There were certain professional fields where there were a lot of party members, for example civil servants and teachers," the historian told AFP.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

"The scrutiny of Biden and Trump because of their age operates in a totally different plane," the political historian said.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

“This amounts to a real right to bail in hundreds of thousands of cases, which previously in California might have led to detention,” said Kellen R. Funk, a legal historian at Columbia Law School.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

“We’re re-emerging in this kind of new bearded age,” said Sean Trainor, a facial-hair historian whose dissertation “Groomed for Power” examined the underpinnings of the golden age of political beards in the 19th century.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

The historian interested in such questions about writing has the advantage that they can often be answered in unique detail by means of the written record itself.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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