historiographer

English

Etymology

From historiography +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• (Canada) IPA^(key): /hɪˌstɔɹiˈɑɡɹəfəɹ/

Noun

historiographer (plural historiographers)

1. A scholar who studies historiography.
   • 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]:

     May Your Majeſty be pleaſed to accept theſe remains of a noble Author, as they vvere collected by the care of Your late Hiſtoriographer; […]

   • 1856, L. S. Lavenu, chapter XVII, in Erlesmere; or, Contrasts of Character‎^[1], volume 1, London: Smith, Elder & Co., page 171:

     "That's a fine young fellow," said the historiographer of earwigs, to an American who stood next him in the crowd.

Derived terms

• historiographership

Related terms

• historiographic
• historiographical
• historiographically

Translations

scholar who studies historiography

• French: historiographe (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ისტორიოგრაფი (isṭoriograpi)
• Greek: ιστοριογράφος (el) m or f (istoriográfos)
• Irish: croiniceoir m
• Italian: storiografo (it) m
• Latin: memoriālis m or f
• Portuguese: historiógrafo m, historiógrafa f
• Russian: историограф (ru) m (istoriograf)
• Spanish: historiógrafo (es) m, historiógrafa (es) f