biographer
Americannoun
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a writer of someone's biography.
Etymology
Origin of biographer
First recorded in 1705–15; biograph(y) + -er 1
Example Sentences
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Paul was “one of the most gregarious playboys in New York City,” according to biographer Frank Brady, author of “The Publisher,” and Paul and William Randolph Hearst were regulars at New York nightclubs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
In the words of biographer David Reynolds, Brown’s execution helped “spark” the Civil War.
From Slate • Apr. 2, 2026
Mr. McDonough is a prolific biographer of musicians whose subjects include Neil Young, Tammy Wynette, Al Green and others.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
He cites a particular debt to biographer Meryle Secrest’s extensive taped interviews, from the mid-1990s, with Sondheim and others.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
According to his biographer, John Maynard Keynes, He was rather a Judaic Monotheist of the school of Maimonides.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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