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chronicler

chronicler

11 7.2
A person who writes down events in the order they happen
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɒnɪklər/
translation icon : cronista
  • The ancient chronicler recorded the key events of the kingdom's history.
  • century chroniclers
  • Early chroniclers
  • chroniclers mention

According to to Spanish chroniclers, he burned pyres of books.

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Examples

  • His Excellency Governor Ainslee, John Reed, the author... currently the chronicler of piracy.

  • Our storytelling uses popular education models of teaching, emphasizing that we are all expert chroniclers of our own experiences.

    Academic text (2012)
  • A great chronicler of the black British experience.

  • You are our official chronicler.

  • A contemporary chronicler described the horrors that followed.

  • Michael Lewis, the modern day chronicler of Wall Street, included sections of the book among his six classics of economics that everyone should read.

  • Within a century, the chronicler Libanius praised the city as "mother of the laws."

    Academic text (2011)
  • It is I, his chronicler, who knows well his saga.

  • Shakespeare called actors the abstract and the brief chroniclers of their times.

  • The Elizabethan chronicler William Harrison commented on the variety of meat that graced the tables of the nobility.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

historian
vschronicler
317 3.4

A person who studies and writes about past events

focuses on sequential recording of events rather than analysis and authority
scribe
vschronicler
25 6.2

A person who writes or records information for other people

keeps ongoing event records in sequence rather than performing varied writing tasks
diarist
vschronicler
7 5.9

A person who writes a diary regularly to record daily thoughts and events

records events for a public or historical audience rather than private reflection
journalist
vschronicler
  • Archaic
4 3.0

A person who writes their daily thoughts and experiences in a diary

focuses on ordering public events in time rather than private personal notes
recorder
vschronicler
4 3.3

A person who writes and keeps the official papers for a group

creates public narrative records in time order rather than administrative filing
record-keeper
vschronicler
1 3.8

A person who writes and saves important official information in files

records events sequentially for historical narrative rather than just maintaining files
documentarist
vschronicler
1 6.5

A person who makes films or photos that show real people and events

records events as written sequential accounts rather than visual media
historiographer
vschronicler
  • Specialized
1 9.9

A person who studies and writes about the past, often as an official record keeper

keeps a running record of events in order rather than mainly researching
documentarian
vschronicler
1 7.0

A person who collects, organizes and preserves important papers and files

creates narrative event records in order rather than preserving files for archives
annalist
vschronicler
9.8

A person who writes a short yearly record of events in order

records events as a narrative sequence rather than year by year
chronologist
vschronicler
  • Specialized
7.8

A person who studies and records when events happen

records events more as a continuous account rather than precise date lists
logographer
vschronicler
  • Specialized
9.9

A person who writes history about past events, often in ancient times

records events strictly in order rather than focusing on long narratives
diary keeper
vschronicler
3.7

A person who writes in a diary regularly to record thoughts and events

records events for public or historical audiences rather than private diary use
documenter
vschronicler
4.4

A person who writes or organizes information for others to use

records events in strict time order rather than general documentation
scriptor
vschronicler
  • Archaic
9.9

A person who copies texts by hand, often in the past

focuses on ordering events in time rather than general text production
gazetteer
vschronicler
  • Archaic
9.9

A writer who worked for a newspaper in the past

records events in ordered time sequences rather than producing periodic news pieces

How Formal

scholar
281 4.1
historian
317 3.4
chronicler
11 7.2
recorder
4 3.3
diarist
7 5.9

Surface Forms

chronicler singular
chroniclers plural

Morphology

chronicler = chronicle (transparent) = chronicle + er

This is a standard agentive formation meaning 'a person who writes chronicles', with only the usual spelling adjustment before -er.

Etymology

Chronicler comes from the root chron- meaning 'time', the same root you see in chronicle and chronology. So a chronicler is a person who writes events in the order they happened, like keeping a timeline.