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Annalist

A writer of annals.

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Historian 76% connected

A writer of history; a chronicler; an annalist.

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Historiographer 76% connected

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

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Annals 74% connected

A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Annals 74% connected

A relation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened.

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Historic adjective · 85% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Historical adjective · 85% connection

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past; "historic victories"; "historical (or historic) times"; "a historic…

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Chronicler noun · 84% connection

someone who writes chronicles

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Past adjective · 84% connection

earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year"

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History noun · 78% connection

the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings; "he teaches Medieval history"; "history takes the long…

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Causation noun · 78% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Causing noun · 78% connection

the act of causing something to happen

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Certification noun · 78% connection

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

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Change noun · 78% connection

money received in return for its equivalent in a larger denomination or a different currency; "he got change for a twenty and used it…

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Chronology noun · 78% connection

the determination of the actual temporal sequence of past events

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Continuity noun · 78% connection

the property of a continuous and connected period of time

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Corroboration noun · 78% connection

confirmation that some fact or statement is true through the use of documentary evidence

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Accommodation noun · 78% connection

The application of a writer's language, on the ground of analogy, to something not originally referred to or intended.

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Allegorist noun · 78% connection

One who allegorizes; a writer of allegory.

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Allegorize verb · 78% connection

To treat as allegorical; to understand in an allegorical sense; as, when a passage in a writer may understood literally or figurativel…

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Allegory noun · 78% connection

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and…

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Annal noun · 78% connection

See Annals.

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Annalize verb · 78% connection

To record in annals.

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Annotator noun · 78% connection

A writer of annotations; a commentator.

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Aphorist noun · 78% connection

A writer or utterer of aphorisms.

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Apocalyptist noun · 78% connection

The writer of the Apocalypse.

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Apostrophe noun · 78% connection

A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the…

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Appear verb · 78% connection

To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time.

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Argumentative adjective · 78% connection

Given to argument; characterized by argument; disputatious; as, an argumentative writer.

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Atheistical adjective · 78% connection

Disbelieving the existence of a God; impious; godless; -- applied to persons; as, an atheistic writer.

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Authentic noun · 78% connection

Of approved authority; true; trustworthy; credible; as, an authentic writer; an authentic portrait; authentic information.

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Ballader noun · 78% connection

A writer of ballads.

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Biographer noun · 78% connection

One who writes an account or history of the life of a particular person; a writer of lives, as Plutarch.

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Brachygrapher noun · 78% connection

A writer in short hand; a stenographer.

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Bullist noun · 78% connection

A writer or drawer up of papal bulls.

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