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

This was the same Mrs. Butler, formerly Mary Sigourney, whose reminiscences, the late Rev. Dr. Holmes, the learned and persevering annalist, has quoted in his "Memoir of the French Protestants."

From Olive Leaves Or, Sketches of Character by Sigourney, L. H. (Lydia Howard)

The malignant annalist asserted, too, that Napoleon's motive was personal spite against Prussia.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

This ancient and dubious annalist was succeeded by Scribonius Libo, and by Calpurnius Piso.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John