biographer

noun

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

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Years later, Cassandra burned the vast majority of her younger sister’s 3,000 letters, leaving only around 160 for the benefit of researchers, biographers and Janeites, as the author’s devotees are known. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Apr. 2025 Austen Ivereigh, Pope Francis' biographer, also told BBC News that coins minted during his papacy - one for each year of his 12-year tenure - will have been placed in a bag in his coffin. Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 23 Apr. 2025 At the heart of every biography, though, lies a lacuna—something unknowable, no matter how candid or heavily documented the subject, no matter how familiar or diligent the biographer. Casey Cep, New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2025 Royal biographer Ingrid Seward told PEOPLE at the time that Prince Andrew would have talked through the matter with his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, as well as his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, who have all been protective and loyal to him throughout years of public scrutiny. Meredith Kile, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for biographer

Word History

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 2 May. 2025.

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