noun
Meaning 1
A writer of history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
historian
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/
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Received-Pronunciation: /hɪˈstɔəɹɪən/
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General-American: /hɪˈstɔɹi.ən/
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/hɪˈstɑɹi.ən/ New York Metropolitan Area
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noun
Meaning 2
One who studies or researches history.
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noun
Meaning 3
One who recounts their own medical history.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: historiographer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: scholar, scholarly person, bookman, student
Narrower terms: annalist, art historian, chronicler, Arendt, Hannah Arendt, Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede, Carlyle, Thomas Carlyle, Durant, Will Durant, William James Durant, Eusebius, Eusebius of Caesarea, Franklin, John Hope Franklin, Gardiner, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Gibbon, Edward Gibbon, Herodotus, Josephus, Flavius Josephus, Joseph ben Matthias, Knox, John Knox, Livy, Titus Livius, Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, First Baron Macaulay, Lord Macaulay, Mahan, Alfred Thayer Mahan, Maitland, Frederic William Maitland, McMaster, John Bach McMaster, Mommsen, Theodor Mommsen, Niebuhr, Barthold George Niebuhr, Parkinson, C. Northcote Parkinson, Cyril Northcote Parkinson, Robinson, James Harvey Robinson, Saxo Grammaticus, Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger, Arthur Meier Schlesinger, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Arthur Meier Schlesinger Jr., Stubbs, William Stubbs, Tacitus, Publius Cornelius Tacitus, Gaius Cornelius Tacitus, Thucydides, Toynbee, Arnold Toynbee, Arnold Joseph Toynbee, Trevelyan, George Otto Trevelyan, Sir George Otto Trevelyan, George Macaulay Trevelyan, Tuchman, Barbara Tuchman, Barbara Wertheim Tuchman, Turner, Frederick Jackson Turner, Vinogradoff, Sir Paul Gavrilovich Vinogradoff, Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford, Wiesel, Elie Wiesel, Eliezer Wiesel, Woodward, C. Vann Woodward, Comer Vann Woodward, Xenophon
History
Etymology
From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.
Across languages
Translations
234 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: historian — writer of history
- Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ (muʔarriḵ) — writer of history
- Arabic: مُؤَرِّخَة (muʔarriḵa) — writer of history
- Armenian: պատմիչ (patmičʻ) — writer of history
- Armenian: պատմագիր (patmagir) — writer of history
- Azerbaijani: tarixçi — writer of history
- Basque: historialari — writer of history
- Basque: historiagile — writer of history
- Belarusian: гісто́рык (históryk) — writer of history
- Belarusian: гісто́рычка (históryčka) — writer of history
- Bengali: ইতিহাসবিদ (itihasbid) — writer of history
- Bulgarian: истори́к (istorík) — writer of history
- Bulgarian: истори́чка (istoríčka) — writer of history
- Burmese: သမိုင်းပညာရှင် (sa.muing:pa.nyahrang) — writer of history
- Catalan: historiador — writer of history
- Chinese Mandarin: 歷史學家 /历史学家 (lìshǐxuéjiā) — writer of history
- Chinese Mandarin: 歷史家 /历史家 (lìshǐjiā) — writer of history
- Chinese Mandarin: 史家 (shǐjiā) — writer of history
- Czech: historik — writer of history
- Czech: historička — writer of history
- Danish: historiker — writer of history
- Dutch: historicus — writer of history
- Dutch: geschiedkundige — writer of history
- Esperanto: historiisto — writer of history
- Finnish: historiankirjoittaja — writer of history
- Finnish: historioitsija — writer of history
- French: historien — writer of history
- French: historienne — writer of history
- Galician: historiador — writer of history
- Georgian: ისტორიკოსი (isṭoriḳosi) — writer of history
- German: Historiker — writer of history
- German: Historikerin — writer of history
- German: Geschichtsschreiber — writer of history
- Greek: ιστορικός (istorikós) — writer of history
- Ancient Greek: ἱστορικός (historikós) — writer of history
- Hebrew: הִיסְטוֹרְיוֹן (historyón) — writer of history
- Hindi: इतिहासकार (itihāskār) — writer of history
- Hindi: इतिहासज्ञ (itihāsajña) — writer of history
- Hungarian: történetíró — writer of history
- Icelandic: sagnfræðingur — writer of history
- Ido: historiisto — writer of history
- Ido: historiero — writer of history
- Irish: staraí — writer of history
- Italian: storico — writer of history
- Italian: storica — writer of history
- Japanese: 歴史家 (rekishika) — writer of history
- Japanese: 史家 (shika) — writer of history
- Kalmyk: тууҗч (tuujç) — writer of history
- Kazakh: тарихшы (tarixşy) — writer of history
- Khmer: ប្រវត្តិវិទូ (prɑɑvŏət vituu) — writer of history
- Khmer: ប្រវត្តិសាស្ត្រិន (prɑvŏəttesaahstrən) — writer of history
- Korean: 역사학자 (yeoksahakja) — writer of history
- Korean: 력사학자 (ryeoksahakja) — writer of history
- Korean: 역사가 (yeoksaga) — writer of history
- Korean: 력사가 (ryeoksaga) — writer of history
- Korean: 사가 (saga) — writer of history
- Korean: 사학자 (sahakja) — writer of history
- Central Kurdish: مێژوونووس (mêjûnûs) — writer of history
- Northern Kurdish: dîrokvan — writer of history
- Northern Kurdish: dîrokzan — writer of history
- Northern Kurdish: dîroknas — writer of history
- Kyrgyz: тарыхчы (tarıhcı) — writer of history
- Latin: historicus — writer of history
- Latvian: vēsturnieks — writer of history
- Latvian: vēsturniece — writer of history
- Lithuanian: istorikas — writer of history
- Lithuanian: istorikė — writer of history
- Macedonian: историчар (istoričar) — writer of history
- Macedonian: историчарка (istoričarka) — writer of history
- Malay: sejarawan — writer of history
- Malay: ahli sejarah — writer of history
- Malay: muwarikh — writer of history
- Malay: tarikh — writer of history
- Malay: historikus — writer of history
- Māori: tumu kōrero — writer of history
- Mongolian: түүхч (tüüxč) — writer of history
- Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡᠴᠢ (teükeči) — writer of history
- Norman: historien — writer of history
- Norwegian Bokmål: historiker — writer of history
- Norwegian Nynorsk: historikar — writer of history
- Occitan: istorian — writer of history
- Old English: stǣrwrītere — writer of history
- Pashto: مؤرخ (moarᶕx) — writer of history
- Pashto: مورخ (moaréx) — writer of history
- Pashto: تاريخدان (tārixdãn) — writer of history
- Pashto: تاريخپوه (tāríxpoh) — writer of history
- Persian: مورخ (movarrax) — writer of history
- Persian: تاریخ نویس (târix navis) — writer of history
- Polish: historyk — writer of history
- Polish: historyczka — writer of history
- Portuguese: historiador — writer of history
- Portuguese: historiógrafo — writer of history
- Portuguese: historiadora — writer of history
- Portuguese: historiógrafa — writer of history
- Romanian: istoric — writer of history
- Romanian: istoriograf — writer of history
- Romanian: istorică — writer of history
- Russian: исто́рик (istórik) — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏вјеснича̄р — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏вјеснича̄рка — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: хисто̀рича̄р — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: хисто̀рича̄рка — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍvjesničār — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍvjesničārka — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: històričār — writer of history
- Serbo-Croatian: històričārka — writer of history
- Slovak: historik — writer of history
- Slovak: historička — writer of history
- Slovene: zgodovinar — writer of history
- Slovene: zgodovinarka — writer of history
- Spanish: historiador — writer of history
- Spanish: historiadora — writer of history
- Swedish: historiker — writer of history
- Tajik: муаррих (muarrix) — writer of history
- Tatar: тарихчы (tarixçı) — writer of history
- Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์ (nák-bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat) — writer of history
- Turkish: tarihçi — writer of history
- Turkish: müverrih — writer of history
- Turkish: ötükçü — writer of history
- Turkmen: taryhçy — writer of history
- Ukrainian: істо́рик (istóryk) — writer of history
- Ukrainian: істо́ричка (istóryčka) — writer of history
- Urdu: مؤرخ (muvarrix) — writer of history
- Uyghur: تارىخچى (tarixchi) — writer of history
- Uzbek: tarixchi — writer of history
- Uzbek: muarrix — writer of history
- Vietnamese: nhà viết sử — writer of history
- Vietnamese: sử gia — writer of history
- Volapük: jenavan — writer of history
- Volapük: hijenavan — writer of history
- Volapük: jijenavan — writer of history
- Welsh: hanesydd — writer of history
- Albanian: historian — person who studies history
- Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ (muʔarriḵ) — person who studies history
- Arabic: مُؤَرِّخَة (muʔarriḵa) — person who studies history
- Armenian: պատմագետ (patmaget) — person who studies history
- Armenian: պատմաբան (patmaban) — person who studies history
- Azerbaijani: tarixçi — person who studies history
- Basque: historialari — person who studies history
- Basque: historiagile — person who studies history
- Belarusian: гісто́рык (históryk) — person who studies history
- Belarusian: гісто́рычка (históryčka) — person who studies history
- Bulgarian: истори́к (istorík) — person who studies history
- Bulgarian: истори́чка (istoríčka) — person who studies history
- Burmese: သမိုင်းပညာရှင် (sa.muing:pa.nyahrang) — person who studies history
- Catalan: historiador — person who studies history
- Chinese Mandarin: 歷史學家 /历史学家 (lìshǐxuéjiā) — person who studies history
- Chinese Mandarin: 歷史家 /历史家 (lìshǐjiā) — person who studies history
- Chinese Mandarin: 史家 (shǐjiā) — person who studies history
- Czech: historik — person who studies history
- Czech: historička — person who studies history
- Danish: historiker — person who studies history
- Dutch: historicus — person who studies history
- Dutch: geschiedkundige — person who studies history
- Esperanto: historiisto — person who studies history
- Estonian: ajaloolane — person who studies history
- Finnish: historioitsija — person who studies history
- French: historien — person who studies history
- French: historienne — person who studies history
- Galician: historiador — person who studies history
- Georgian: ისტორიკოსი (isṭoriḳosi) — person who studies history
- German: Historiker — person who studies history
- German: Historikerin — person who studies history
- Greek: ιστορικός (istorikós) — person who studies history
- Ancient Greek: ἱστορικός (historikós) — person who studies history
- Hebrew: הִיסְטוֹרְיוֹן (historyón) — person who studies history
- Hindi: इतिहासकार (itihāskār) — person who studies history
- Hindi: इतिहासज्ञ (itihāsajña) — person who studies history
- Hungarian: történész — person who studies history
- Icelandic: sagnfræðingur — person who studies history
- Ido: historiisto — person who studies history
- Ido: historiero — person who studies history
- Irish: staraí — person who studies history
- Italian: storico — person who studies history
- Italian: storica — person who studies history
- Japanese: 歴史家 (rekishika) — person who studies history
- Kazakh: тарихшы (tarixşy) — person who studies history
- Korean: 역사학자 (yeoksahakja) — person who studies history
- Korean: 력사학자 (ryeoksahakja) — person who studies history
- Korean: 역사가 (yeoksaga) — person who studies history
- Korean: 력사가 (ryeoksaga) — person who studies history
- Korean: 사학자 (sahakja) — person who studies history
- Kyrgyz: тарыхчы (tarıhcı) — person who studies history
- Latin: historicus — person who studies history
- Latvian: vēsturnieks — person who studies history
- Latvian: vēsturniece — person who studies history
- Lithuanian: istorikas — person who studies history
- Lithuanian: istorikė — person who studies history
- Macedonian: историчар (istoričar) — person who studies history
- Macedonian: историчарка (istoričarka) — person who studies history
- Mongolian: түүхч (tüüxč) — person who studies history
- Mongolian: ᠲᠡᠦᠬᠡᠴᠢ (teükeči) — person who studies history
- Norwegian Bokmål: historiker — person who studies history
- Norwegian Nynorsk: historikar — person who studies history
- Old English: stǣrleornere — person who studies history
- Persian: مورخ (movarrax) — person who studies history
- Polish: historyk — person who studies history
- Polish: historyczka — person who studies history
- Portuguese: historiador — person who studies history
- Portuguese: historiadora — person who studies history
- Romanian: istoric — person who studies history
- Romanian: istorică — person who studies history
- Russian: исто́рик (istórik) — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏вјеснича̄р — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: по̏вјеснича̄рка — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: хисто̀рича̄р — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: хисто̀рича̄рка — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍvjesničār — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: pȍvjesničārka — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: històričār — person who studies history
- Serbo-Croatian: històričārka — person who studies history
- Slovak: historik — person who studies history
- Slovak: historička — person who studies history
- Slovene: zgodovinar — person who studies history
- Slovene: zgodovinarka — person who studies history
- Spanish: historiador — person who studies history
- Spanish: historiadora — person who studies history
- Swahili: mwanahistoria — person who studies history
- Swedish: historiker — person who studies history
- Tajik: муаррих (muarrix) — person who studies history
- Tatar: тарихчы (tarixçı) — person who studies history
- Thai: นักประวัติศาสตร์ (nák-bprà-wàt-dtì-sàat) — person who studies history
- Turkish: tarihçi — person who studies history
- Turkmen: taryhçy — person who studies history
- Ukrainian: істо́рик (istóryk) — person who studies history
- Ukrainian: істо́ричка (istóryčka) — person who studies history
- Urdu: مؤرخ (muvarrix) — person who studies history
- Uyghur: تارىخچى (tarixchi) — person who studies history
- Uzbek: tarixchi — person who studies history
- Uzbek: muarrix — person who studies history
- Vietnamese: nhà sử học — person who studies history
- Vietnamese: sử gia — person who studies history
- Võro: aoluulanõ — person who studies history
- Welsh: hanesydd — person who studies history
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