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memoirs

[mem-wahr, -wawr] Origin

mem·oir

[mem-wahr, -wawr]
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; < French mémoire < Latin memoria; see memory


2a. journal, recollections, reminiscences.

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memoirs (ˈmɛmwɑːz)
 
pl n
1.  a collection of reminiscences about a period, series of events, etc, written from personal experience or special sources
2.  an autobiographical record
3.  a collection or record, as of transactions of a society, etc

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memoir
1560s, from Anglo-Fr. memorie "note, memorandum, something written to be kept in mind" (early 15c.), from L. memoria (see memory). Meaning "person's written account of his life" is from 1670s.
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memoirs
"personal record of events," 1650s, from pl. of memoir.
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