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annalist
CIDE DICTIONARY
annalist, n. [Cf. F. annaliste.].
A writer of annals. [1913 Webster]
"The monks . . . were the only annalists in those ages." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
annalist, n. a writer of annals.
Derivative
annalistic adj. annalistically adv.
THESAURUS
annalist
Boswell, advertising writer, art critic, author, authoress, autobiographer, autobiographist, belletrist, bibliographer, biographer, calendar maker, calendarist, chronicler, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, clockmaker, coauthor, collaborator, columnist, compiler, composer, copywriter, creative writer, critic, dance critic, diarist, drama critic, dramatist, encyclopedist, essayist, free lance, free-lance writer, genealogist, ghost, ghostwriter, historian, historiographer, horologist, humorist, inditer, literary artist, literary craftsman, literary critic, literary man, litterateur, logographer, magazine writer, man of letters, memorialist, monographer, music critic, newspaperman, novelettist, novelist, pamphleteer, penwoman, poet, prose writer, reviewer, scenario writer, scenarist, scribe, scriptwriter, short-story writer, storyteller, technical writer, timekeeper, timer, watchmaker, word painter, wordsmith, writerROGET THESAURUS
annalist
Chronometry
N chronometry, horometry, horology, date, epoch, style, era, almanac, calendar, ephemeris, register, registry, chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio, watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch, atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock, chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph, repeater, timekeeper, timepiece, dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra, ghurry, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper, annalist, calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year, chronological, chronometrical, chronogrammatical, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento, o'clock.Recorder
N recorder, notary, clerk, registrar, registrary, register, prothonotary, amanuensis, secretary, scribe, babu, remembrancer, bookkeeper, custos rotulorum, Master of the Rolls, annalist, historian, historiographer, chronicler, journalist, biographer, antiquary, memorialist, interviewer.For further exploring for "annalist" in Webster Dictionary Online