chronographer

English

Etymology

From chronography +‎ -er.

Noun

chronographer (plural chronographers)

1. One who writes a chronography; a chronologer.
   • 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century:

     The situation of the antient Ryslaland or Russland, may be ascertained by the towns which are mentioned by the chronographers.

   • 1568, Christopher Watson, The hystories of the most famous and worthy chronographer Polybius:

References

• “chronographer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.