historionomer
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek [Term?]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌhɪstəɹiˈɒnəmə(ɹ)/, /hɪˌstɔːɹiˈɒnəmə(ɹ)/
Noun
historionomer (plural historionomers)
- One versed in the phenomena of history and the laws controlling them.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels
- And historionomers will have measured accurately the sidereal years of races.
- 1867, James Russell Lowell, Fireside Travels
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for historionomer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)