Noun: historiographer hi,stor-ee'ó-gru-fu(r) or hi,stór-ee'ó-gru-fu(r) [N. Amer], hi,stó-ree'ó-gru-fu(r) [Brit]
- A person who is an authority on history and who studies and writes about it
"The royal historiographer was tasked with documenting the monarch's reign";
- historian
- An official historian, especially one appointed by a government or institution
"As royal historiographer, he was tasked with documenting the monarch's reign"
Derived forms: historiographers
Type of: scholar, scholarly person
Encyclopedia: Historiographer