biographer

noun

bi·​og·​ra·​pher bī-ˈä-grə-fər How to pronounce biographer (audio)
: a writer of a biography

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According to royal biographer Ingrid Seward's 2023 book My Mother and I, Diana's father, Earl Spencer, may have changed her mind about calling off the wedding. Stephanie Petit, People.com, 29 July 2025 Coming from Johnson’s biographer (me), that claim may sound like hyperbole. Philip Nel july 28, Literary Hub, 28 July 2025 No, what finally finished me on this subplot was this week’s exchange of manuscripts with Duncan, a highbrow biographer. Judy Berman, Time, 11 July 2025 What is a biographer to do with a solitary soul, especially one who, like Leonard, produces a half-dozen novels in the final decade of his life? Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for biographer

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First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of biographer was in 1702

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“Biographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biographer. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.

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