noun
biographer
noun
1
Someone who writes an account of another person's life.
"His biographer spent years interviewing people who knew him."
How to Use Biographer
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA writer whose job is telling the story of someone else's life.
Word Forms
biographers plural
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Etymology
From "biography" plus the agent suffix "-er" — literally, one who writes biography.