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

In 1795, the year of the yellow fever plague, Bernard Hart rendered heroic service, as is testified by a contemporary annalist.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs

The annalist of the order confessed his crime, and appeared in the auto-da-f� with the San-benito.

From The History of the Inquisition of Spain from the Time of its Establishment to the Reign of Ferdinand VII. by Llorente, Juan Antonio

Having taken their positions, the men presented a picture which we regret has not been preserved for us by some sporting annalist of the period.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

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