Carlyle

/ˌkɑrˈlaɪl/
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Definitions of Carlyle
  1. noun
    Scottish historian who wrote about the French Revolution (1795-1881)
    synonyms: Thomas Carlyle
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    historian, historiographer
    a person who is an authority on history and who studies it and writes about it
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