hagiographer

hag·i·og·ra·pher

[hag-ee-og-ruh-fer, hey-jee-]
noun
1.
one of the writers of the Hagiographa.
2.
a writer of lives of the saints; hagiologist.
Also, hag·i·og·ra·phist.


Origin:
1650–60; < Greek hagiógraph(os) + -er1

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hagiographer or hagiographist (ˌhæɡɪˈɒɡrəfə) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a person who writes about the lives of the saints
2.  one of the writers of the Hagiographa
 
hagiographist or hagiographist
 
n

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Hagiographer is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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