Answer to "American historian" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BEARD , but the solution may also be PRESCOTT which is one of the most recent solution (1968 in New York Times).

American historian crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
BEARD	25 %	5
MYERS	25 %	5
PRESCOTT	25 %	8
BASSETT	25 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: American historian

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• prescott
• beard
• adams
• franklin
• trevelyan
• durant
• george otto trevelyan
• sir george otto trevelyan
• arendt
• brooks
• gould
• john hope franklin

Crossword Answer definitions

BEARD noun

1. Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
2. The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
3. The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
4. The byssus of certain shellfish.
5. The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
6. In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
7. Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
8. A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
9. The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
10. That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
11. That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
12. A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.

BEARD verb

1. To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
2. To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
3. To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
4. To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
5. Of a gay man or woman: to accompany a gay person of the opposite sex in order to give the impression that they are heterosexual.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result BEARD

• Circus lady's attribute
• Some facial hair
• Vandyke, e.g.
• It may grow on some of you
• Vandyke
• Vandyke, for one
• ZZ Top surname and feature
• Circus lady's growth
• Osiris feature
• Papa Smurf feature

More clues leading to the result MYERS

• Creator of Powers
• "Broom-Hilda" cartoonist
• Austin Powers player
• Mike of "Wayne's World"
• "Wayne's World's" Mike
• Clinton press secretary Dee Dee
• Canadian actor/comedian Mike ___
• ___-Briggs (personality test)
• "Saturday Night Live" alumnus Mike
• "Broom Hilda" cartoonist Russell

More clues leading to the result PRESCOTT

• Arizona city or patriot William
• City SW of Flagstaff
• U. S. destroyer lost in Pacific.
• Author of "Conquest of Peru."
• Arizona city, site of annual rodeo.
• Author of "The Conquest of Peru."
• American historian.
• Bunker Hill hero
• Breed.s Hill hero

More clues leading to the result BASSETT

• Droopy-eared hound
• American historian.
• Actress Angela of "American Horror Story"
• Angela who played Tina Turner
• Actress Angela of "How Stella Got Her Groove Back"
• Actress Angela
• Angela of "Waiting to Exhale"
• "Waiting to Exhale" star Angela
• Angela who played Rosa Parks
• "What's Love Got to Do With It" star Angela