biographer

noun

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

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But a new book Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors written by royal biographer Tom Bower is, perhaps, shedding more light on some of the royal dynamics than we’re usually used to. Lissete Lanuza Sáenz, StyleCaster, 30 May 2025 According to Wright biographer David Hanks, this interest in the total environment led him to create select clothing as well. Carrie Hojnicki, Architectural Digest, 21 May 2025 In Chernow’s defense, hard decisions—on what gets included and what left out—are the cost of doing business for a biographer who wants to produce a readable life, and his Twain is eminently readable. John Jeremiah Sullivan, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025 Now, a new update has been given about Rodgers and his current situation by his biographer. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025 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 6 Jun. 2025.

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