chronologist

English

Etymology

From French chronologiste. By surface analysis, chronology +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒləd͡ʒɪst/

Noun

chronologist (plural chronologists)

1. A person skilled in chronology.
   • 1693, [John Locke], “§183”, in Some Thoughts Concerning Education, London: […] A[wnsham] and J[ohn] Churchill, […], →OCLC:

     That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided.

Synonyms

• chronologer

Derived terms

• dendrochronologist
• geochronologist
• glottochronologist
• tephrochronologist

 

Translations

a person skilled in chronology

• Catalan: cronologista m or f, cronòleg m
• Czech: chronolog m
• French: chronologiste (fr) m or f
• Irish: cróineolaí m
• Italian: cronologista m or f, cronologo m
• Portuguese: cronologista m or f, cronólogo m
• Romanian: cronologist m, cronolog m (rare)