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Definition of chronicler in English: chroniclernoun ˈkrɒnɪkləˈkrɒnɪk(ə)ləˈkrɑnəklər A person who writes accounts of important or historical events. a chronicler of 18th-century American life Example sentencesExamples - If we are right, and there is unfolding in these very days a great deal of history in the making, we intend to be chroniclers of that history.
- Minutely though Hawkwood's military achievements were recorded by the chroniclers, his motivation has always been hard to discern.
- More often than not, in contemporary descriptions of such events, diarists or chroniclers simply state that the relics were shown to the people, without specifying where and how.
- A camera makes you many things: a magician freezing time, an artist capturing the essence of a moment, a chronicler keeping a record of memories.
- Medieval chroniclers recorded omens at all great events; for example, Froissart noted a heavy thunderstorm, an eclipse of the sun, and a hovering circle of crows before the battle of Crécy in 1346.
Synonyms annalist, historian, archivist, diarist, recorder, reporter narrator scribe rare chronologer, chronologist, chronographer Definition of chronicler in US English: chroniclernounˈkrɑnəklərˈkränəklər A person who writes accounts of important or historical events. a chronicler of 18th-century American life Example sentencesExamples - A camera makes you many things: a magician freezing time, an artist capturing the essence of a moment, a chronicler keeping a record of memories.
- Medieval chroniclers recorded omens at all great events; for example, Froissart noted a heavy thunderstorm, an eclipse of the sun, and a hovering circle of crows before the battle of Crécy in 1346.
- More often than not, in contemporary descriptions of such events, diarists or chroniclers simply state that the relics were shown to the people, without specifying where and how.
- If we are right, and there is unfolding in these very days a great deal of history in the making, we intend to be chroniclers of that history.
- Minutely though Hawkwood's military achievements were recorded by the chroniclers, his motivation has always been hard to discern.
Synonyms annalist, historian, archivist, diarist, recorder, reporter |