biographer

noun

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

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Terese Svoboda is an American poet, novelist, memoirist, short story writer, librettist, translator, biographer, critic, and videomaker. Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025 But then what is a biographer to do with John Williams, one of the greatest composers of our or anybody’s lifetime, but also one of the most avuncular? Jem Aswad, Variety, 16 Dec. 2025 Ullrich, a best-selling historian of Germany and biographer of Hitler, offers a readable and reliable account of this period, when politics had become polarized in a time of significant economic stress. Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 But not to the United States, where the two might be compelled to testify against Congress, according to royal biographer Andrew Lownie. Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 11 Dec. 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 22 Dec. 2025.

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