chronicler
noun [ C ] uk/ˈkrɒn.ɪ.klər/ us/ˈkrɑː.nɪ.klɚ/
编年史家; 年代史编者
a person who writes descriptions of historical events as they happen
He was a photographer and chronicler of life in the poorest neighbourhoods at the end of the 19th century. 他是一名摄影师，也是19世纪末最贫穷社区生活的记录者。
Medieval chroniclers worked from monasteries and royal courts, setting down what seemed to be the most important events of the day. 中世纪的编年史家在修道院和王室法庭工作，记录下当时最重要的事件。
See: chronicle
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- He became the world's foremost chronicler of a forgotten civilization known as the Chachapoya.
- For some years she has been a chronicler of Wyoming's ranchlands.
- Peter Martyr d'Anghiera was the principal contemporary chronicler of Columbus and other explorers of the 15th century.
- From 1941 until its closing in 2009, Gourmet magazine was the chronicler of American food trends.