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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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Elon Musk biographer Ashlee Vance said that a project based on his book about the early days of SpaceX is dead at HBO. Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Dec. 2025 O’Farrell and Zhao, who collaborated on the screenplay for Hamnet, employ a narrative that many Shakespeare biographers have promoted. James Shapiro, The Atlantic, 1 Dec. 2025 The biographer’s task is to plunge them, once more, into the stream of history. Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025 Others, like Greer and biographer James Shapiro, are certain Shakespeare wasn’t home when Hamnet died, perhaps even for the funeral too. Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 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 8 Dec. 2025.

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