Meaning & use

biographer

noun·Academic

A person who writes an account of another person's life.

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The biographer spent five years interviewing the president's former colleagues.

Her biographer uncovered letters that revealed a previously unknown side of the poet.

A note on using this word

A biographer writes about someone else's life, unlike an autobiographer, who writes about their own.

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