bi·og·ra·pher

[bahy-og-ruh-fer, bee-]
noun
a writer of someone's biography.

Origin:
1705–15; biograph(y) + -er1

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biography (baɪˈɒɡrəfɪ) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -phies
1.  an account of a person's life by another
2.  such accounts collectively
 
bi'ographer
 
n
 
biographical
 
adj
 
bio'graphic
 
adj
 
bio'graphically
 
adv

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Biographer is always a great word to know.
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a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
Example sentences
With a political career in mind, he cast about for a biographer to chronicle
  his exploits.
The biographer is at one with his subject in all such fine fidelity of phrasing.
It was true, among much else that was not, and this is the sort of thing to
  keep both biographer and reader alert.
But the biographer of today must beware of adopting the unripe formulas of any
  immature science.
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