historian
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- 1A person who studies the past and learns how people lived and what happened long ago.
Like a detective, but for things that happened long ago.
The historian spent years reading old letters and maps.
Many historians believe the city was once much larger than it is today.
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- 2A person who writes books or true accounts about the past.
Like someone who writes a true story about things that really happened.
The historian wrote a long book about the war.
Famous historians have written about that king's life.
Similarchronicler, historiographer
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- 3A patient who tells the doctor about their own past illnesses and health.
Like telling your own life story, but only the health parts.
The patient was a good historian and remembered every medicine she had taken.
Young children are often poor historians about their own symptoms.
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Origin
From Latin "historia," meaning "story" or "history." It came into English through Old French "historien."