chronographer

English

Etymology

chronography +‎ -er

Noun

chronographer (plural chronographers)

  1. 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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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