4 definitions found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: historian noun: a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it [syn: {historiographer}] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]: Historian \His*to"ri*an\, noun [F. historien.] 1. A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist. Even the historian takes great liberties with facts. --Sir J. Reynolds. 2. One versed or well informed in history. Great captains should be good historians. --South. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: HISTORIAN A {source code management} system sold by {OPCODE, Inc.} From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: HISTORIAN, noun A broad-gauge gossip.

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