(ˌ)hiˌstōrēˈägrəfə(r), -tȯr- sometimes -tär- noun
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Etymology: Middle French historiographeur, from Late Latin historiographus (from Greek historiographos, from historio- + -graphos writer, from graphein to write) + Middle French -eur -or — more at carve
1. : a writer of history : historian
2. : a person appointed to write a history or to record the continuing history of a country, group, or institution : an official historian
since 1924 has been historiographer of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Virginia — Christian Century