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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Historician(e, -itiane, n. [e.m.E. (1564), f. historic a.] A historian. (Freq. used by Bellenden.) — 1531 Bell. Boece II. 83.
The historicianis that wrait thair weris Id. Livy I. 96/32.
Fabius Pictor the maist anciant historiciane c1552 Lynd. Mon. 1933.
The auld Greik historitiane Diodorus
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