DIARIST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does diarist mean? 

• DIARIST (noun)
  The noun DIARIST has 1 sense:

1. someone who keeps a diary or journal

  Familiarity information: DIARIST used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIARIST (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who keeps a diary or journal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

diarist; diary keeper; journalist

Hypernyms ("diarist" is a kind of...):

writer (a person who is able to write and has written something)

Instance hyponyms:

Pepys; Samuel Pepys (English diarist whose diary contained detailed descriptions of 17th century disasters in England (1633-1703))

Derivation:

diary (a personal journal (as a physical object))

diary (a daily written record of (usually personal) experiences and observations)