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chronicler

name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

The presumed author/redactor of the Book of Chronicles and certain other books of the Tanakh.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Chronist

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person who writes a chronicle or chronicles.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who writes chronicles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: historian, historiographer

Narrower terms: Geoffrey of Monmouth

History

Etymology

From chronicle + -er.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ (muʔarriḵ) — person who writes a chronicle
  • Arabic: مُؤَرِّخَة (muʔarriḵa) — person who writes a chronicle
  • Armenian: ժամանակագիր (žamanakagir) — person who writes a chronicle
  • Catalan: cronista — person who writes a chronicle
  • Czech: kronikář — person who writes a chronicle
  • French: chroniqueur — person who writes a chronicle
  • Georgian: მემატიანე (memaṭiane) — person who writes a chronicle
  • German: Chronist — person who writes a chronicle
  • Hungarian: krónikaíró — person who writes a chronicle
  • Irish: croiniceoir — person who writes a chronicle
  • Irish: croinicí — person who writes a chronicle
  • Irish: oiriseach — person who writes a chronicle
  • Italian: cronista — person who writes a chronicle
  • Macedonian: летописец (letopisec) — person who writes a chronicle
  • Malay: periwayat — person who writes a chronicle
  • Malay: pembabad — person who writes a chronicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kronikør — person who writes a chronicle
  • Norwegian Bokmål: historieskriver — person who writes a chronicle
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kronikør — person who writes a chronicle
  • Old English: tīdwrītere — person who writes a chronicle
  • Portuguese: cronista — person who writes a chronicle
  • Russian: хроникёр (xronikjór) — person who writes a chronicle
  • Russian: хронист (xronist) — person who writes a chronicle
  • Russian: летописец (letopisec) — person who writes a chronicle
  • Serbo-Croatian: letopisac — person who writes a chronicle
  • Spanish: cronista — person who writes a chronicle
  • Swedish: krönikeskrivare — person who writes a chronicle
  • Swedish: krönikeförfattare — person who writes a chronicle
  • Swedish: kronist — person who writes a chronicle
  • Swedish: annalist — person who writes a chronicle
  • Swedish: krönikör — person who writes a chronicle
  • Turkish: kronikçi — person who writes a chronicle
  • Welsh: croniclydd — person who writes a chronicle
Real reading context

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