annalist

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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

Then followed confusion, through eleven turbulent reigns that the annalist has failed to unravel.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

Chastellain was no mere annalist, but proposed to fuse and shape his vast material to his own conclusions, in accordance with his political experience.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" by Various

Amidst the crowd, our annalist has selected the names, colors, and devices of twenty of the most conspicuous knights.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

So late as the seventeenth century the annalist Mac Firbis discovered that many of the inhabitants of Connacht traced their descent to these same Firbolgs.

From Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race by Rolleston, T. W. (Thomas William)