annalistn.
/ˈanl̩ɪst/, U.S. /ˈænələst/ A writer of annals; a person who chronicles events year by year.Sometimes with the implication that such a writer's work is superficial, inflexible, or uninteresting in its historical approach or style, esp. when contrasted with the work of historians who analyse events critically (cf. historian n. 1).
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society > communication > record > written record > compiler or keeper of written records > [noun] > compiler of historical records
chroniclera1387
commentator?a1475
chronographer1548
annalist1569
chronicle-writer1577
chroniclist1620
annualist1653
1569 E. Fenton tr. P. Boaistuau Certaine Secrete Wonders Nature f. 16v The auncient annalists [Fr. Annalistes] and chroniclers.
1642 J. Howell Instr. Forreine Travell iii. 39 The manner & method in reading of Annalists.
1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 15 Of which dull Annalists in story tell.
1723 B. Higgons Short View Eng. Hist. Pref. p. vii Annalists, and Compilers of Chronicles,..are obliged to the last Exactness.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man ii. ii. ⁋24 Learned Men who had spent their Lives in the Study of Annalists.
1858 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) II. vii. 421 The historian sinks into the annalist..instead of solving a problem, he merely paints a picture.
1910 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 772/1 The family quarrels of the O'Connors at this time..may be traced in great detail in the annalists.
2004 A. Sheppard Families of King 7 A deliberate historiography that separates the Chronicle annalists from such historians as Bede and Orosius.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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