Meaning & use
Diarist
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A person who keeps a diary, especially one of literary or historical interest.
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Samuel Pepys remains one of England's most famous diarists.
As a teenage diarist, she recorded daily reflections that later became a memoir.
A note on using this word
Historic diarists' journals often provide firsthand accounts of major events, making the word common in history and literature.
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journal writerchronicler
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