historical record

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   writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)

   Synonymshistorical documenthistorical paper

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Questions about historical record

What does historical record mean?

historical record means "writing having historical value (as opposed to fiction or myth etc.)".

What is another word for historical record?

Close synonyms include historical document, historical paper. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is historical record a common word?

historical record is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.