au·to·bi·og·ra·pher
| \ ˌȯ-tə-bī-ˈä-grə-fər
, -bē- \
, -bē- \
plural autobiographers
Definition of autobiographer
: a person who writes their own biography
'I have always been an autobiographer and a chronicler of my life and family,' she [Celia Paul] writes at the start of this memoir …— Honor Clerk Whatever is passed over in silence by an autobiographer should surely be one of the biographer's main areas of concern.— Nicholas Jenkins
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“Autobiographer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/autobiographer. Accessed 13 May. 2021.
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The first known use of autobiographer was in 1807
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