Meanings
noundiarist (plural diarists)
plural diarists
- Someone who keeps a diary.
Two typical weeks (selected at random and separated by a long interval) are set out in the accompanying tables, and indicate the clear and concise method adopted by the diarist throughout his 42 working years.
1951 May, R. S. McNaught, “A Veteran Driver's Diary”, in Railway Magazine, page 336
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Finnish päiväkirjan kirjoittaja
- päiväkirjan kirjoittajaone who keeps a diary
French diariste
- diaristeone who keeps a diary
German Tagebuchschreiber, Tagebuchschreiberin
- Tagebuchschreiberone who keeps a diary
- Tagebuchschreiberinone who keeps a diary
Greek ημερολογιογράφος
- ημερολογιογράφος (imerologiográfos)one who keeps a diary
Irish dialannaí
- dialannaíone who keeps a diary
Italian diarista
- diaristaone who keeps a diary
Polish diarysta, diarystka
- diarystaone who keeps a diary
- diarystkaone who keeps a diary
Portuguese diarista
- diaristaone who keeps a diary
Spanish diarista
- diaristaone who keeps a diary
Turkish anı defteri yazan kimse, anı defteri yazarı
- anı defteri yazan kimseone who keeps a diary
- anı defteri yazarıone who keeps a diary
- günlük tutan kimseone who keeps a diary
- hatıra defteri yazan kimseone who keeps a diary
- hatıra defteri yazarıone who keeps a diary
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diarist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diarist
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“diarist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diarist. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diarist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diarist.
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