chronographer

English

Etymology

chronography +‎ -er

Noun

chronographer (plural chronographers)

One who writes a chronography; a chronologer.
- 1799, William Tooke, A View of the Russian Empire during the Reign of Catharine II and to the close of the present Century:
  The situation of the antient Ryslaland or Russland, may be ascertained by the towns which are mentioned by the chronographers.
- 1568, Christopher Watson, The hystories of the most famous and worthy chronographer Polybius:

References

“chronographer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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