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diarist

American

[dahy-uh-rist] / ˈdaɪ ə rɪst /

noun

a person who keeps a diary.

diarist British

/ ˈdaɪərɪst /

noun

a person who keeps or writes a diary, esp one that is subsequently published

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

diaristic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of diarist

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

Example Sentences

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“A diary is an assassin’s cloak which we wear when we stab a comrade in the back with a pen,” wrote William Soutar, a Scottish poet and diarist, in 1934.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But not for nothing has she been called "pop's greatest diarist" and "the maestro of memory".

From BBC • Aug. 27, 2025

Everyone’s favorite analog diarist is smack dab in the middle of a universe ruled by tech.

From Salon • Feb. 13, 2025

The youngest diarist, 10-year-old Yehor Kravtsov, also lived in besieged Mariupol.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 17, 2023

For by rendering feelings in words that a stranger can understand—words that belong to the public, this Other—the young diarist no longer need feel ah alone or eccentric.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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