plural biographies
Definition of biography
1
: a usually written history of a person's life
a new biography of Abraham Lincoln
2
: biographical writings as a whole
the genre of biography
3
: an account of the life of something (such as an animal, a coin, or a building)
the biography of the commonwealth
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The first known use of biography was in 1665
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