Chronicler
noun
A person who writes down the history or events as they happen.
Samuel was the chronicler of the war, reporting on every battle in great detail.
Often appears as...
- chronicler of events
- unofficial chronicler
noun
A person who displays an ordered record of events in a certain area.
The chronicler of this town has meticulously kept a record of all major incidents for centuries.
Often appears as...
- local chronicler
- chief chronicler
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A person who writes down the history or events as they happen.
Samuel was the chronicler of the war, reporting on every battle in great detail.
Often appears as...
- chronicler of events
- unofficial chronicler
noun
A person who displays an ordered record of events in a certain area.
The chronicler of this town has meticulously kept a record of all major incidents for centuries.
Often appears as...
- local chronicler
- chief chronicler
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Event Specific
A chronicler focuses on detailed reporting of specific events, not general stories.
As a chronicler, Jane documented the sequence of events during the town's festival.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Formal
The term can be used casually to mean someone who often recounts past events.
Uncle Ray, our family chronicler, shared tales from our ancestors' time.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Accuracy
Chroniclers strive for accuracy and factuality in their records.
The chronicler verified all dates and names before publishing her work.
Pro Tip 1/3Event Specific
A chronicler focuses on detailed reporting of specific events, not general stories.
As a chronicler, Jane documented the sequence of events during the town's festival.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Formal
The term can be used casually to mean someone who often recounts past events.
Uncle Ray, our family chronicler, shared tales from our ancestors' time.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Accuracy
Chroniclers strive for accuracy and factuality in their records.
The chronicler verified all dates and names before publishing her work.
Pro Tip 1/3Event Specific
A chronicler focuses on detailed reporting of specific events, not general stories.
As a chronicler, Jane documented the sequence of events during the town's festival.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Formal
The term can be used casually to mean someone who often recounts past events.
Uncle Ray, our family chronicler, shared tales from our ancestors' time.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Accuracy
Chroniclers strive for accuracy and factuality in their records.
The chronicler verified all dates and names before publishing her work.
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Katherine Fulton: You...
Now, this may surprise you. But remember, philanthropy is about giving of time and talent, not just money. Clay Shirky, that great chronicler of everything networked, has captured the assumption that this challenges in such a beautiful way. He said, "We have lived in this world
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How Magellan circumnaviga...
enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.
Video examples
Katherine Fulton: You...
Now, this may surprise you. But remember, philanthropy is about giving of time and talent, not just money. Clay Shirky, that great chronicler of everything networked, has captured the assumption that this challenges in such a beautiful way. He said, "We have lived in this world
Video examples
How Magellan circumnaviga...
enough to cover the expedition and turn a profit. An obsessive chronicler, Pigafetta described the lands and people they encountered. With the help of a humble slave, he also compiled the world's first phrase book of native languages.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Dan Abrams
American Journalist
It was no easy feat becoming Dominick Dunne. Think about it. He was the most celebrated chronicler of downtrodden socialites. He feasted on their famine with little sympathy or admiration for their formerly exalted positions. Yet somehow they invited him back.
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Michelle Malkin
American Writer
As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal.
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Harper Lee
American Novelist
I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small-town, middle-class southern life.
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Tina Brown
American Editor
What does it take to be a great social chronicler? Perhaps one of the key attributes is an understanding of what it feels like to fall from grace.
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Bayard Taylor
American Journalist
My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.
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Margo Jefferson
American Critic
I'm a chronicler of Negroland, a participant-observer, an elegist, dissenter, and admirer; sometime expatriate, ongoing interlocutor.
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Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban Novelist
So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana.
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Julian Fellowes
English Actor
I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.
Quote examples
Dan Abrams
American Journalist
It was no easy feat becoming Dominick Dunne. Think about it. He was the most celebrated chronicler of downtrodden socialites. He feasted on their famine with little sympathy or admiration for their formerly exalted positions. Yet somehow they invited him back.
Quote examples
Michelle Malkin
American Writer
As an early-and-often chronicler of Chicago-on-the-Potomac, I am amazed at the stubborn and clingy persistence of President Barack Obama's snowblowers in the media. See no scandal, hear no scandal, speak no scandal.
Quote examples
Harper Lee
American Novelist
I would like to be the chronicler of something that I think is going down the drain very swiftly, and that is small-town, middle-class southern life.
Quote examples
Tina Brown
American Editor
What does it take to be a great social chronicler? Perhaps one of the key attributes is an understanding of what it feels like to fall from grace.
Quote examples
Bayard Taylor
American Journalist
My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.
Quote examples
Margo Jefferson
American Critic
I'm a chronicler of Negroland, a participant-observer, an elegist, dissenter, and admirer; sometime expatriate, ongoing interlocutor.
Quote examples
Guillermo Cabrera Infante
Cuban Novelist
So I do not consider myself a chronicler of my fatherland or even a chronicler of Havana.
Quote examples
Julian Fellowes
English Actor
I'm seen as a chronicler of the class system, which I don't think is unfair.
Quote examples
Arthur Conan Doyle
British Writer
A trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.
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