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diurnalist

diurnalist noun: a journalist who writes in a diurnal.

Noun

diurnalist (plural diurnalists)

  1. (obsolete) A journalist who writes in a diurnal
    • some odiously incestuous marriages, which, even by the relation of our diurnalists, have, by this means, found a damnable passage, to the great dishonour of God and shame of the Church.1649, Joseph Hall, Resolutions and Decisions of Divers Practicall cases of Conscience

Forms of diurnalist

pluraldiurnalists

Origin of diurnalist

From diurnal + -ist.

Questions about diurnalist

What does diurnalist mean?
Diurnalist means a journalist who writes in a diurnal.
What part of speech is diurnalist?
Diurnalist is a noun.
What is the plural of diurnalist?
The plural of diurnalist is diurnalists.

Words near diurnalist in the dictionary

  1. diurnal active photolocation
  2. diurnal arc
  3. diurnal arcs
  4. diurnal motion
  5. diurnalism
  6. diurnalist
  7. diurnalists
  8. diurnalities
  9. diurnality
  10. diurnally
  11. diurnalness

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