documenter

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noun

One who documents something

OriginEnglish document ← Middle French document ← Latin documentum →
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Meanings

noundocumenter (plural documenters)

plural documenters

  1. One who documents something

    But Osterman is not merely a documenter, preserving the lost art form of the radio drama.

    1988 June 10, Justin Hayford, “The Human Radio”, in Chicago Reader

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*deḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*doḱ-éye-ti
  3. Proto-Italic*dokejō
  4. Proto-Italic*dokeō
  5. Ancient Greekδιδάσκω (didáskō)
  6. Latindoceō
  7. Latindocumentum
  8. Middle Frenchdocument
  9. Englishdocument
  10. Englishdocumenter

From document + -er.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

redocument
Cite this entry
APA

documenter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documenter

MLA

“documenter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documenter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “documenter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/documenter.

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