(India) A person with a criminal record, especially an extensive one.

A revisionist interpretation of history, claimed to have been deliberately suppressed, forgotten, or ignored by established scholars.

Synonym of secret history

plural of history-sheeter

(countable) A postulated history of the future that is used by authors in the subgenre of science fiction to construct a common background for fiction.

(idiomatic) Indicates that one does not need to continue narrating a story as the subsequent events are assumed to be well-known.

Details of a patient's previous medical experiences, such as existing comorbidities, past infections, operations undergone, and medications taken.

(computer science) a sequence of steps taken by an abstract machine in the process of computing its result.

Synonym of alternate history

(historiography) The collection and study of historical information about individuals, families, important events, or everyday life using audiotapes, videotapes, or transcriptions of planned interviews.