Definitions for historian

historian his·to·ri·an

Spelling: [hi-stawr-ee-uh n, -stohr-]
IPA: /hɪˈstɔr i ən, -ˈstoʊr-/

Historian is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 514 anagrams from letters in historian (ahiinorst).

Definitions for historian

noun

  1. an expert in history; authority on history.
  2. a writer of history; chronicler.

Origin of historian

1400-50; late Middle English. See history, -an

Examples for historian

He had not been content to take up the position of onlooker and historian only.

historian Matthew Avery Sutton, however, wants you to think of something else: the End Times.

John Stow, the historian, worked at the trade during some part of his life.

“Stop the presses,” splashes Jill Lepore, Harvard historian and New Yorker staff writer.

And Shakspere has no desire or need to act the historian in the decision of that question.

Mr. Bancroft, the historian, delivered the Inaugural Address.

Michael Kazin is a historian who has written a lot about the New Left.

The world seems to be waiting for the historian that can write.

historian David Fromkin summed up the mess that resulted in the title of his book The Peace to End All Peace.

But Winning Marriage will be essential for the historian who, someday, tries to tell the full story.

Word Value for historian
Scrable

12

Words with friends

12

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