Meanings
plural historiographers
- A scholar who studies historiography.
"That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd.
1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XVII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character, volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 1711 more example
May Your Majeſty be pleaſed to accept theſe remains of a noble Author, as they vvere collected by the care of Your late Hiſtoriographer; […]
1734, Mary Stephens, “To the King”, in [Francis] Bacon; Robert Stephens, compiler, edited by [John Lockyer], Letters and Remains of the Lord Chancellor Bacon, London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, →OCLC, page [i]
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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Translations
Catalan historiògraf, historiògrafa
- historiògrafscholar who studies historiography
- historiògrafascholar who studies historiography
Chinese Mandarin 史官
- 史官 (shǐguān)scholar who studies historiography
French historiographe
- historiographescholar who studies historiography
Greek ιστοριογράφος
- ιστοριογράφος (istoriográfos)scholar who studies historiography
Irish croiniceoir
- croiniceoirscholar who studies historiography
Italian storiografo
- storiografoscholar who studies historiography
Latin memoriālis
- memoriālisscholar who studies historiography
Portuguese historiógrafo, historiógrafa
- historiógrafoscholar who studies historiography
- historiógrafascholar who studies historiography
Russian историограф
- историограф (istoriograf)scholar who studies historiography
Spanish historiógrafo, historiógrafa
- historiógrafoscholar who studies historiography
- historiógrafascholar who studies historiography
Cite this entry
historiographer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historiographer
“historiographer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/historiographer. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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