Biographer Meaning
/baɪˈɑɡrəfər/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe writer of a biography; a professional writer of biographies.
Sentence Examples
His biographer called him a wonderful man.
Sami was Layla's biographer.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The famous author hired a professional ____ to write her detailed life story.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ interviewed many people who knew the famous actor well city.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der. Ancient Greek βίος (bíos) Proto-Indo-European *gerbʰ- Proto-Hellenic *grə́pʰō Ancient Greek γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek γραφή (graphḗ) Ancient Greek -γραφία (-graphía) Ancient Greek βιογραφίᾱ (biographíā)der. New Latin biographiabor. English biography Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English biographer From biography + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Albert Bigelow Paine, his biographer to be and literary executor, who has been constantly with him, said that for the last year at least Mr. Clemens had been weary of life. When Richard Watson Gilder died, he said: "How fortunate he is. No good fortune of that kind ever comes to me.""
— 1910 April 22, “Mark Twain is Dead at 74”, in The New York Times:
"In May 1898, for example, the funeral train of our Mr Gladstone would be brought from his country estate at Hawarden to Westminster station on the District Line via Willesden Junction. One of his biographers notes, 'Victorians saw no indignity in a coffin for a state funeral arriving by Underground.'"
— 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 33:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The famous author hired a professional ____ to write her detailed life story.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ interviewed many people who knew the famous actor well city.