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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

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In 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.

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