documentarian UK /ˌdɒk.jʊ.mənˈtɛəɹi.ən/US /ˌdɑ.kjʊ.mənˈtɛɹi.ən/ noun4 •A person whose profession is to create documentary films. •A person who writes software documentation.After you have gone through all these steps, you are ready to tackle your company's documentation problems. You have also become an experienced systems documentarian... — 1976 •A person who cares about communication and documentation....the developer with an aptitude for or an interest in writing assumes the task of documentarian. — 2016 •[before a noun] Somebody who advocates the documentary hypothesis. formsdocumentarians