documentarian

noun

doc·​u·​men·​tar·​i·​an ˌdä-kyə-mən-ˈter-ē-ən How to pronounce documentarian (audio)
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: one who makes a documentary

Examples of documentarian in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The conversation, which was scheduled for a half-hour, instead stretched to 90 minutes, an indication that the documentarians are nowhere near finished talking about Durst, who died in 2022 — or the friends and family who enabled him for years. Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 27 May 2024 First, as a documentarian along Parkville’s Class 4A state champion run last season. Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 23 Feb. 2024 Cork and Tuffy had some awareness that they were being watched, said mafia documentarian Terence O’Malley. Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024 Other attendees at the filmmaker’s dinner included Megalopolis actor Laurence Fishburne, CAA’s Bryan Lourd, actress Isabelle Huppert, Oscar-winning documentarian Mstyslav Chernov and Sanford Panitch, president, Sony Pictures Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group. Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for documentarian 

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Word History

First Known Use

1943, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of documentarian was in 1943

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“Documentarian.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/documentarian. Accessed 6 Jun. 2024.

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