historian
A writer of historyA writer of history.
» What kind of historian are you?
Was für ein Historiker sind Sie?
Was für ein Historiker bist du?
Meaning
3 sensesA writer of history.
Historiker, Historikerin, Geschichtsschreiber
исто́рикistórik
істо́рикistóryk, істо́ричкаistóryčka
One who studies or researches history.
Historiker, Historikerin
исто́рикistórik
істо́рикistóryk, істо́ричкаistóryčka
a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
One who recounts their own medical history.
Examples
66 sentencesWhat kind of historian are you?
deWas für ein Historiker sind Sie?
Tom is a historian.
ruТом - историк.
Tom and Mary are historians.
ruТом и Мэри - историки.
Tom is an art historian.
deTom ist Kunsthistoriker.
Are you historians?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.
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Forms
plural: historiansSynonyms
2 synonyms- a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it:historiographer