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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

diaristic

adjective

Etymology

Origin of diarist

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

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diarist

Ms. Hoyer, a German-British historian and journalist, chooses as her protagonist not Hitler, a frequent Weimar visitor, but Carl Weirich, a hardworking bookbinder, stationer and diarist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Renée Zellweger's fourth film as the much-loved-yet-shambolic diarist, made £11.8m in its first four days after its release on Thursday.

From BBC ● Feb. 17, 2025

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

From Salon ● Feb. 13, 2025

Hur said there is “some reason to think” Carter and another enthusiastic diarist, George H.W.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 10, 2024

Women who knew Anne Frank in the Bergen-Belsen camp said that neither hunger nor typhus killed the young girl who would become the most famous diarist of the Nazi era.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden

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