Obs. rare1. [f. med.L. anecdot-a (see ANECDOTE), after biographer.] One who publishes anecdota or secret histories.
1686. F. Spence, trans. Varillas Ho. Medicis, Ded. Not but that his Truths have often the Air of Fiction, but the ushering in of such are the Prerogative of the Apecdoto-grapher.