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Definition of Diarist
1. Noun. Someone who keeps a diary or journal.
Generic synonyms: Writer
Specialized synonyms: Pepys, Samuel Pepys
Derivative terms: Diary, Diary
Definition of Diarist
1. n. One who keeps a diary.
Definition of Diarist
1. Noun. One who keeps a diary. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Diarist
1. one who keeps a diary [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diarist
Literary usage of Diarist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Diary of Henry Machyn, Citizen and Merchant-taylor of London, from A.D by Henry Machin, John Gough Nichols (1848)
"152—157) has collected at considerable length the particulars preserved of it—the
first page and a half derived from various passages of our own diarist, ..."
2. The Salon and English Letters: Chapters on the Interrelations of Literature by Chauncey Brewster Tinker (1915)
"Of the arts we are discussing, the diarist's is the most difficult to define or
characterize; for at one extreme, it may shrink into the dulness of a ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"fifth earl of Sussex [see under RADCLIFFE, THOMAS, third EAKL OF SUSSEX]. Manning-
ham the diarist attributes to ..."
4. Life in a New England Town, 1787, 1788: Diary of John Quincy Adams, While a by John Quincy Adams, Charles Francis Adams (1903)
"Woburn, town of, diarist passes through, 157. Wood's " Institutes of the Laws of
England," reference to, 107; diarist reads, 140; note on, 140. ..."
5. Life in the English Church (1660-1714) by John Henry Overton (1885)
"... for there is little doubt that he changed greatly for the better in his later
years, perhaps under the influence of his brother diarist, Evelyn, ..."
6. Books in General: By Solomon Eagle [pseud.] by John Collings Squire (1920)
"The diarist in Our Midst MR. GEORGE RUSSELL, who has died unexpectedly young (he
was 66), was one of the best of the Victorian diarists. ..."
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