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diarist

[ dahy-uh-rist ]

noun

  1. a person who keeps a diary.


diarist

/ ˈdaɪərɪst /

noun

  1. a person who keeps or writes a diary, esp one that is subsequently published
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Words From

  • dia·ristic adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of diarist1

First recorded in 1810–20; diar(y) + -ist
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Example Sentences

On The Tortured Poets Department, she blurs the lines between her personas - writing both as diarist and fantasist, sometimes within the same song.

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My other lucky break was that Stimson, the war secretary, was an avid diarist.

That would suggest that diarists writing in the knowledge - or perhaps hope - that their thoughts will be read by others can also benefit from the soothing effect it can have.

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Yet as her music grew slicker — and her closely scrutinized romantic life ever more celeb-studded — Swift’s most devoted fans continued to perceive her as the unflinching diarist they’d discovered as kids.

“Japonisme was in the process of revolutionizing the vision of the European peoples,” wrote the diarist Edmond de Goncourt.

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