"documentarian" meaning in English

See documentarian in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-documentarian.wav Forms: documentarians [plural]
Etymology: From documentary + -an. From document + -arian. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|documentary|an}} documentary + -an, {{suffix|en|document|arian}} document + -arian Head templates: {{en-noun}} documentarian (plural documentarians)
  1. A person whose profession is to create documentary films. Categories (topical): Film Translations (person whose profession is to create documentary films): documentalista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), dokumentaristi (Finnish), Dokumentarfilmer [masculine] (German), Dokumentarfilmerin [feminine] (German), Dokumentarist [masculine] (German), Dokumentaristin [feminine] (German), dokumentalista [masculine] (Polish), documentarista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), documentalista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), dokumentärfilmare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-documentarian-en-noun-43HTlZ0c Disambiguation of Film: 20 29 24 27 Disambiguation of 'person whose profession is to create documentary films': 64 14 13 8
  2. A person who writes software documentation. Categories (topical): Computing, Film, Software
    Sense id: en-documentarian-en-noun-YiGtwRTt Disambiguation of Computing: 19 36 20 25 Disambiguation of Film: 20 29 24 27 Disambiguation of Software: 14 43 18 26
  3. A person who cares about communication and documentation. Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-documentarian-en-noun-oNOSs34n Disambiguation of Film: 20 29 24 27
  4. (sometimes attributive, theology) Somebody who advocates the documentary hypothesis. Tags: attributive, sometimes Categories (topical): Theology, Film
    Sense id: en-documentarian-en-noun-8uwnKwC- Disambiguation of Film: 20 29 24 27 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -an, English terms suffixed with -arian, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 6 6 80 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -an: 13 12 11 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -arian: 13 12 11 65 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 4 4 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 5 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 3 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 12 9 10 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 13 10 11 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 9 5 5 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 10 12 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 17 18 45 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 7 6 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 11 8 10 70 Topics: lifestyle, religion, theology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: documenter

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