— historiographership , n.
/hi stawr'ee og"reuh feuhr, -stohr'-/ , n.
1. a historian, esp. one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
2. an official historian, as of a court, institution, or cultural or learned society.
[ 1485-95; historiograph ( us ) historiográphos (see HISTORY, -O-, -GRAPH) + -ER 1 ]