The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word BEARD which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 1973.
US historian crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters | 
|---|---|---|
| BEARD | 60 % | 5 | 
| DODD | 20 % | 4 | 
| COMMAGER | 20 % | 8 | 
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: US historian
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- annalist
 - historians
 - history
 - scholar
 - beard
 - historier
 - art historian
 - c. northcote parkinson
 - chronicler
 - cyril northcote parkinson
 - era
 - herodotus
 
Crossword Answer definitions
BEARD noun- Facial hair on the chin, cheeks, jaw and neck.
 - The cluster of small feathers at the base of the beak in some birds.
 - The appendages to the jaw in some cetaceans, and to the mouth or jaws of some fishes.
 - The byssus of certain shellfish.
 - The gills of some bivalves, such as the oyster.
 - In insects, the hairs of the labial palpi of moths and butterflies.
 - Long or stiff hairs on a plant; the awn.
 - A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
 - The curved underside of an axehead, extending from the lower end of the cutting edge to the axehandle.
 - That part of the underside of a horse's lower jaw which is above the chin, and bears the curb of a bridle.
 - That part of a type which is between the shoulder of the shank and the face.
 - A fake customer or companion, especially a woman who accompanies a gay man in order to give the impression that he is heterosexual.
 
- To grow hair on the chin and jaw.
 - To boldly and bravely oppose or confront, often to the chagrin of the one being bearded.
 - To take by the beard; to seize, pluck, or pull the beard of (a man), in anger or contempt.
 - To deprive (an oyster or similar shellfish) of the gills.
 - 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 DODD
- Senator from Connecticut
 - "The Beauties of Shakespeare": author
 - "The Days and Nights of Molly __"
 - See 30-Down
 - Jimmie of "The Mickey Mouse Club"
 - Senator Christopher or Thomas
 - Connecticut senator Christopher
 - Connecticut senator
 - "Mark Trail" cartoonist Ed
 - Connecticut senator Chris