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A student, archivist, and author of popular fiction. A quixotic hero. Eschews paradox in favor of imposing a coherent, and therefore false, narrative interpretation of the past. Still, without historians we would be even more clueless about our intellectual, political, social, and economic context. Historians create the narratives that shape our sense of heritage and our perception of "who we are." The study of history is therefore both futile and vital.
"Historian - a broad-gauge gossip." -Ambrose Bierce
"History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other." -Arthur Balfour
historian by Dusty Cioffi May 6, 2008
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gossips who tease the dead
"Did you see that historian just then? What a bitch, taunting Alexander Hamilton like that."
Philippe, a caring; responsible; and hard working kid with great hair. Along with being funny without even trying, Philippe is also a champion of school spirit! Phil wants to help preserve all our high school memories. Vote Phil and He Will Fulfill!
Churchill Student: So who are you voting for historian?
Every Person Ever: The Skilled and Very Chill Lil’ Phil
Historian by Clairefan13 May 18, 2019
My friend thinks he is a historian, even though he does not possess any formal qualifications.
Historian by ohwell69 August 6, 2021
Somebody with an obsession of finding out everything about the lives of dead people
Jack: I loved finding out personal information about dead people so I became a historian
Historian by IExistMaybe January 16, 2024
white people have no idea of the past, but talk about the past
another historian, white Mex light!
historian by roofie bitches June 21, 2024

Historian Kinnie 

The phrase called "Historian Kinnie" is about a individual who kins a historian either mentally sane or mentally unstable. Historian Kinnie's are capable of kinning historians such as Napoleon, Queen Elizabeth I, or even scientific revolution figures such as Galileo Galilei, Nicolaus Copernicus, Isaac Newton (Mentally and emotionally unavailable, didn't get a chance to set the mode to easy mode when he's still in his mother's fallopian tube), Ptolemy. The set of historians that are named here are either sane or not sane, most people are known for having a mild kin for Isaac Newton himself and consider me.
I'm a historian kinnie (I kin *insert historian*)
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The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
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