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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]
  1. 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
     
  2. 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