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mem⋅oir

  [mem-wahr, -wawr]
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–noun
1. a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
2. Usually, memoirs.
a. an account of one's personal life and experiences; autobiography.
b. the published record of the proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society.
3. a biography or biographical sketch.
Origin:
1560–70; < F mémoire < L memoria; see memory

Synonyms:
2a. journal, recollections, reminiscences.
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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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memoir 
1567, from Anglo-Fr. memorie "note, memorandum, something written to be kept in mind" (1427), from L. memoria (see memory). Meaning "person's written account of his life" is from 1673. The pl. form memoirs "personal record of events," first recorded 1659.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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