(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:10:07

His*to`ri*og"ra*pher (?), n. [L. historiographus, Gr. ; history + to write: cf. F. historiographe.]

An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.

 

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