biographer

noun

bi·​og·​ra·​pher bī-ˈä-grə-fər 

: a writer of a biography

Examples of biographer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

So finding a subject might start, for the literary biographer, with something like an intuition. — Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

When George begins at Eton in September, he is poised to have a very different experience at the prestigious all boys’ school than William did, according to a royal biographer. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 19 July 2026

According to biographer William Shawcross, author of The Queen Mother, Elizabeth finally said yes in 1923. — Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 6 July 2026

Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998. — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1702, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for biographer

• bibliographer
• choreographer
• lexicographer
• oceanographer
• radiographer
• cinematographer
• historiographer
• demographer
• ethnographer
• geographer
• hydrographer
• lithographer