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
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 Drake, Samuel Adams
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
By much importunity," says an annalist, Mr. Ranford of Chowan, "in 1712 we prevailed upon Mr. Martin to let him baptize three of his Negroes, two women and a boy.
From The History of the Negro Church by Woodson, Carter Godwin
