documentarian

[ dok-yuh-men-tair-ee-uhn, -muhn- ]

noun
  1. Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.

  2. a writer, photographer, or other artist whose work constitutes a document or documentary of an aspect of life.

Origin of documentarian

1
First recorded in 1940–45; document(ary) + -arian
  • Also doc·u·men·ta·rist [dok-yuh-men-ter-ist]. /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tər ɪst/.

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British Dictionary definitions for documentarian

documentarian

/ (ˌdɒkjʊmənˈtɛərɪən) /


noun
  1. mainly US a person who makes documentary films

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