historical figure

collocation in English

meaningsofhistoricalandfigure

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historical
adjective
uk
/hɪˈstɒr.ɪ.kəl/us
/hɪˈstɔːr.ɪ.kəl/
connected with studying or representing things from ...
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figure
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɪɡ.ər/us
/ˈfɪɡ.jɚ/
the symbol for a number or an amount expressed ...
See more atfigure

(Definition ofhistoricalandfigurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhistorical figure

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A necessary stage in the assessment of anyhistoricalfigureis the identification of the legendary aspects that make up that figure's reputation.
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It probably represents an ancestral deity orhistoricalfigure.
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He emerges from this study as a much more intriguing, if less innocent,historicalfigure.
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The cowboy has effectively erased the presence of the vaquero and substituted thathistoricalfigure with a colonizing figure who eventually came to preside over the southwestern landscape.
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I do not want to follow the argument about whether anhistoricalfigurehas been well presented or not.
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He, as opposed to most characters, is not ahistoricalfigure, but the patrician family to which he belongs is historical.
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Although the external aspects of ahistoricalfiguremay be well documented, their inner nature can only be a subject of speculation.
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Operas appear in bold when thehistoricalfigureis also the title role.
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Typically, they take the form of an animated person which plays the part of a tutor or exemplar such as ahistoricalfigure.
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Occasionally in the game, a character will be trained bearing the name of a famoushistoricalfigure, with better than normal starting abilities.
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Each book gave a simplified and fictionalized biography of ahistoricalfigureas an allegory, illustrating the value of a positive characteristic.
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His name is likely a reference to thehistoricalfigureof the same name.
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Mbongo does not seem to be anhistoricalfigure.
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Any attempt to link the man with a documentedhistoricalfigurehas met failure or resulted in an improbable connection.
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In education, presenting information as if it were being told by ahistoricalfiguremay give it greater impact.
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Little reliable information exists which can be used to reconstruct the background and career of thehistoricalfigure.
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The original script was very brutal on thehistoricalfigure.
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