memorialist

[muh-mawr-ee-uh-list, -mohr-]

me·mo·ri·al·ist

[muh-mawr-ee-uh-list, -mohr-]
noun
1.
a person who writes memorials.
2.
a person who writes memoirs.

Origin:
1700–10; memorial + -ist
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Memorialist has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
given to using long words.
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World English Dictionary
memorialist (mɪˈmɔːrɪəlɪst)
 
n
1.  a person who writes or presents a memorial
2.  a writer of a memoir or memoirs

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