biographer

noun

bi·​og·​ra·​pher bī-ˈä-grə-fər How to pronounce biographer (audio)
: a writer of a biography

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One of Larsen’s biographers, George Hutchinson, uncovered a passenger manifest that recorded Larsen’s travel from Denmark, and a Danish genealogist, Shari Jensen, discovered that Larsen’s relatives lived in Copenhagen at the same address as the relatives of the fictional Helga. Ethelene Whitmire, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2024 Royal biographer Ingrid Seward tells PEOPLE that Andrew will have also spoken things over with his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, who are protective and loyal towards him. Janine Henni, People.com, 19 Dec. 2024 The nature of this acclaim is eliciting an unusual level of glee from Trump — a man who biographers say has never quite left behind the outer-borough imprint of his upbringing in Queens, N.Y., where his family’s wealth was never enough to buy him full entrée into the Manhattan cultural elite. Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024 Thomas is far more comfortable with the biographer’s traditional role. Isaac Butler, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for biographer 

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of biographer was in 1702

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“Biographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/biographer. Accessed 3 Jan. 2025.

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