"historiaster" meaning in English

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          "text": "Humbly inscribed to those two celebrated historiasters, Mr. [John] Oldmixon, author of the History of the royal House of Stuart, &c. &c. &c. and Mr. Samuel Chandler, author of the late History of persecution.",
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          "text": "Speaking of a series of trials for treason held at Antioch, of which he [Ammianus Marcellinus] does not recollect all the grim details, he excuses himself with the words: \"As the full particulars of what was done have escaped my memory, I shall describe succinctly what I can recall to mind.\" \"But this is shocking,\" some scientific historiaster of our own day will exclaim. \"There must have been an official record of the trial; he should have consulted that.\" The answer is, of course, that under that iron despotism Ammianus had as much chance of inspecting official documents of state trials as a German scholar in the last decade would have had of perusing the secret archives of the Gestapo.",
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