historiographer Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
    historian.

WordNet

His*to`ri*og"ra*pher noun
Etymology
L. historiographus, Gr. history + to write: cf. F. historiographe.
Definitions
  1. An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governments upon historians of distinction.

Webster 1913