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Meaning of historian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Standard
hɪˈstɔːɹɪən

Definitions

  1. A writer of history.
  2. A writer of history
  3. One who studies or researches history.
  4. One who studies or researches history
  5. a person who studies (and writes about) history. geskiedskrywer, historikus مُؤَرِّخ историк historiador historik, -čka der/die Historiker(in) historiker ιστορικόςhistoriador ajaloolane تاريخ دان historioitsija historien/-ienne הִיסטוֹריוֹן इतिहासकार povjesnicar, historicar történész ahli sejarah sagnfræðingur storico 歴史家 역사가 istorikas vēsturnieks ahli sejarah historicushistorikerhistoryk تاریخ ورکول historiador istoric история historik, -čka zgodovinar istoričar historiker นักประวัติศาสตร์ t...
  6. One who recounts their own medical history.
  7. One who recounts their own medical history
  8. famous or important in history. a historic battle. geskiedkundig تاريخي، مُهم جدا исторически histórico historický historisch historisk ιστορικόςhistórico ajalooline تاريخی historiallinen historiqueהיסטורי इतिहास- प्रसिद्ध povijesni történelmi bersejarah sögufrægur storico 歴史に残る 역사적인 istorinis vēsturiskas nozīmes bersejarah historischhistoriskhistoryczny تاریخی histórico istoric исторический historický, pamätihodný zgodovinski istorijski historisk มีความสำคัญทางประวัติศาสตร์ tarihî 歷史上有名(重要)的...
  9. geskiedkundig تاريخيّا историческо historicamente historicky historisch historiskt ιστορικά históricamente ajalooliselt بطور تاريخی historiallisesti historiquement מִבּחִינָה הִיסטוֹרִית ऐतिहासिकता povijesno történelmileg menurut sejarah sögulega storicamente 歴史的に 역사적으로 istoriškai vēsturiski dr segi sejarah historischhistorisk historycznie په تاریخی ډول historicamente istoric исторически historicky zgodovinsko istorijski historiskt ทางประวัติศาสตร์ tarihî olarak 歷史上 історично تاریخی طور پر về...
  10. to do something very important, especially to be the first to do something. The Wright brothers made history when they were the first to fly an aeroplane. geskiedenis maak يقوم بعَمَل يُسَجِّله التاريخ правя история entrar para a história vstoupit do dějin Geschichte machen gå over i historien περνώ στην ιστορία, γράφω ιστορία hacer historia, pasar a la historia ajalugu tegema كار تاريخی انجام دادن tehdä historiaa entrer dans l'histoire לַעֲשוֹת הִיסטוֹריָה इतिहास बनाना uci u povijest történe...
    especially
  11. A scholar or writer of history.
  12. One who writes or compiles a chronological record of events; a chronicler.
  13. (Historical Terms) a person who writes or studies history, esp one who is an authority on it
  14. an expert in or authority on history.
  15. a writer of history; chronicler.
  16. n → Historiker(in) m(f); (in ancient times) → Geschichtsschreiber(in) m(f)
    n

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca tarixçi
Беларуская гісторык
Български историк
Català historiador
Cymraeg hanesydd
Dansk historiker
Ελληνικά ιστορικός
Esperanto historiisto
Eesti ajaloolane
فارسی مورخ
Gaeilge staraí
Galego historiador
Bahasa Indonesia sejarawan
Íslenska sagnfræðingur
Italiano storica storico
日本語 史家 歴史家
ქართული ისტორიკოსი
Қазақша тарихшы
Кыргызча тарыхчы
Latina historicus
Lietuvių istorikas
Bahasa Melayu sejarawan tarikh
Română istoric istoriograf
Русский историк
Slovenčina historik
Slovenščina zgodovinar
Shqip historian
Svenska historiker
Kiswahili mwanahistoria
Türkmençe taryhçy
Türkçe müverrih tarihçi
Українська історик
Oʻzbekcha tarixchi
Tiếng Việt nhà sử học sứ giả

Examples

“If this is what real people and societies are like, then it may be appropriate for historians to represent their subjects' lives in storylike form.”
“The patient is unconscious when the syncopal event takes place and therefore is a poor historian.”

CEFR level

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