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documentarian

[ dok-yuh-men-tair-ee-uhn, -muhn- ]

noun

  1. Movies, Television. a filmmaker, producer, etc., who specializes in documentaries.
  2. a writer, photographer, or other artist whose work constitutes a document or documentary of an aspect of life.


documentarian

/ ˌdɒkjʊmənˈtɛərɪən /

noun

  1. a person who makes documentary films


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Word History and Origins

Origin of documentarian1

First recorded in 1940–45; document(ary) + -arian

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Example Sentences

Driver plays Jamie, a hipster filmmaker who befriends Ben Stiller's tight-assed documentarian.

D'Souza, 53, is a Bombay-born author and "documentarian" who served as an adviser for President Ronald Reagan.

What was her relationship to her famous documentarian—Leonardo da Vinci?

As a documentarian, you love to drop into interesting worlds, so I said sure.

The Daily Beast: This film is very much about the relationship between a documentarian and his subject.

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