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▪ I. chronicler, n.|ˈkrɒnɪklə(r)|
Forms: 4 croniculer, 4–5 -yculer, 4–6 cronicler, 5 cronykler, 6 chronocler, 6– chronicler.
[f. chronicle v. + -er1.]
A writer or compiler of a chronicle, a recorder of events.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 5 (Mätz.) Thro the diligence of croniclers. c1400Three Kings Cologne (1885) 46 Germanus..was a Croniclere of Cristis tyme. 1559Myrr. Mag., Worcester v, They be unwurthy the name of Croniclers. 1600Shakes. A.Y.L. iv. i. 105 The foolish Chronoclers of that age. a1839Praed Poems (1864) II. 108 Some aged chroniclers record Her hopes, her virtues, and her tomb. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 338 Plato was not, like Xenophon, a chronicler of facts.
fig.1830J. G. Strutt Sylva Brit. Introd., The peasant..regards it at once as his chronicler and landmark. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. I. xxxi. 423 The ice-belt, sorry chronicler of winter's progress.
▪ II. † chronicler, v. Obs. rare.
[f. prec.]
To chronicle. Hence chroniclering ppl. a.
1662Fuller Worthies, Lincolnsh. ii. 155/2 Out of an Anonymal Croniclering Manuscript. |