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memoirist

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mem⋅oir⋅ist

  [mem-wahr-ist, -wawr-]
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–noun
a person who writes memoirs.
Origin:
1760–70; memoir + -ist
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mem·oir   (měm'wär', -wôr')   
n.  

  1. An account of the personal experiences of an author.

  2. An autobiography. Often used in the plural.

  3. A biography or biographical sketch.

  4. A report, especially on a scientific or scholarly topic.

  5. memoirs The report of the proceedings of a learned society.


[French mémoire, from Old French memoire, memory, from Latin memoria; see memory.]
mem'oir·ist n.
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