The Vigilante Historian Part

vig·i·lan·te

noun \ˌvi-jə-ˈlan-tē\

Definition of VIGILANTE

: a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate); broadly : a self-appointed doer of justice
vig·i·lan·tism noun

Examples of VIGILANTE

  1. <the danger of these self-appointed vigilantes is that they sometimes go after innocent people>

Origin of VIGILANTE

Spanish, watchman, guard, from vigilante vigilant, from Latin vigilant-, vigilans
First Known Use: 1856
 
 

his·to·ri·an

noun \hi-ˈstr-ē-ən, -ˈstär-\
1
: a student or writer of history; especially : one who produces a scholarly synthesis
2
: a writer or compiler of a chronicle
 
 
So there you go. This is my chronicle. 
 

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