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

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

Antonia Fraser, the biographer and historian, will be present, as will Tina Brown, the former editor of Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and one of the most influential voices in transatlantic media. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 June 2026

Over the years, biographers and art historians have circled the same questions. — Clare Bucknell, Harpers Magazine, 23 June 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