historians

nounstudent of history

Synonyms for historians

noun student of history

Antonyms for historians

Word Origin & History

mid-15c., from Middle French historien (14c.), from Latin historia (see history). As "writer of history in the higher sense" (distinguished from a mere annalist or chronicler), from 1530s. The Old English word was þeod-wita.

Example Sentences for historians

Their historians said that toil did not wear out his body or exhaust his energy.

Historians are agreed that it was the greatest voyage in the history of mankind.

Historians are endeavoring to ascertain whether he practiced what he preached.

Has not been dead long enough for historians to make him famous.

The historians of classical Greece were his continual study.

And according to some historians, they rounded the Cape, they circumnavigated Africa.

Such is the finding of the most accurate of Argentine historians.

It will be interesting to see what historians will make of him.

These facts rob the act which has been so lauded by historians of all heroism.

And this is what historians do not agree about among themselves.