biographer

noun

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

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Parsons has contributed to Bluegrass Unlimited since 1981 and worked with bluegrass artist Curly Seckler, working as his manager, producer and biographer from 2004 to 2017. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 16 July 2025 So why bother with a biography of a biographer who spent decades doing what academics usually do: reading, researching, writing, teaching, repeat? Eric Bulson, The Atlantic, 16 June 2025 At the age of 4, Laster was taught to read by her grandmother, something her close friend and biographer Holly Jenkins-Livers remarked was not only rare for a child that young, but especially so given the times. David Ferrara, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 On July 1, The Times published an excerpt containing the claim made in a recent edition of royal biographer Sally Bedell Smith's Substack, Royals Extra. Janine Henni, People.com, 2 July 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 25 Jul. 2025.

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