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chronicler

/ˈkɹɒnɪklə/KRAH-nih-klur
UK form converted from the US by rule · unchecked
/ˈkɹɑnɪklɚ/KRAH-nih-klur

Meaningone who chronicles

Common meaning: a person who records events

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Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchcroniquesource
  2. Middle Englishcroniquesource
  3. Englishchronicle‘a record of events in order of time’
  4. Englishformed in English from chroniclechronicler‘a person who records events’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from chronicle + -er.

Dictionary: Skeat (1898), CHRONICLE, p.109 · scan

Source words

  • cronique Old French · source word “a record of times”

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