annalist

annalist

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French annaliste, equivalent to annal +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈænəlɪst/
• Homophone: analyst

Noun

annalist (plural annalists)

1. A writer of annals; a chronicler; a historian.

   1754-1762, David Hume, The History of England:

   The monks […] were the only annalists during those ages.

Translations

writer of annals

Arabic: مُؤَرِّخ‎ (muʾarriḵ), مُؤَرِّخَة‎ f (muʾarriḵa) Armenian: ժամանակագիր (hy) (žamanakagir) Finnish: kronikoitsija (fi) French: annaliste (fr) m Greek: Ancient: χρονογράφος m (khronográphos) Irish: annálaí m Italian: annalista m or f Polish: annalista (pl) m Romanian: analist (ro) m Russian: летопи́сец (ru) m (letopísec) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: летопи́сац m (Ekavian), љетопи́сац m (Ijekavian), литопи́сац m (Ikavian) Roman: letopísac m (Ekavian), ljetopísac (sh) m (Ijekavian), litopísac m (Ikavian)

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