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annalist

[an-l-ist] / ˈæn l ɪst /
NOUN
chronicler
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NOUN
historian
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Nevertheless, it is not for us to guestimate the workload of an annalist of the Floridian ancien regime.

From The Guardian ● Mar. 17, 2016

He is always worth comparing with the extant English Chronicles; and from 1106 he is an independent annalist, dry but accurate.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various

"In a short time," says the annalist, "it was commonly reported forty men of Andover could raise the devil as well as any astrologer."

From Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast by Samuel Adams Drake

Philochorus was a careful and systematic annalist of the early third century b.c., who used official documents and verified his statements.

From Euripedes and His Age by Gilbert Murray

The first mention of our author in history is in connexion with this rising; and the annalist Spalding relates two exciting incidents that occurred in one week, in both of which he took part.

From Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie, Knight by John Willcock


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