Skip to the word

Added 9 October 2026

historian

/hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/ noun

In Latin: historicus Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about historian at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it.

Origin

From Middle English historian, historien, from Old French historien, from Latin historia (“story, history”), equivalent to histor(y) + -ian. More at history.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

Back to today's word