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  • noun One who is not a historian.

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non- +‎ historian

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Examples

  • In his statement on Thursday, he said that the views he expressed on Swedish television were those of “a nonhistorian,” and that his perspective was formed “20 years ago on the basis of evidence then available, and rarely expressed in public since.”

    Bishop Offers Apology for Holocaust Remarks 2009

  • Regardless of what you think of The Political Mind, nonscientist/nonhistorian/nonphilosopher, George Lakoff's recent foray into science and the history of philosophy, he got one thing right.

    Linda Hirshman: Liberal Principles 2008

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