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memoir
[mem-wahr, -wawr]
noun
a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.
Usually memoirs.
an account of one's personal life and experiences; autobiography.
the published record of the proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society.
a biography or biographical sketch.
memoir
/ ˈɛɑː /
noun
a biography or historical account, esp one based on personal knowledge
an essay or monograph, as on a specialized topic
obsoletea memorandum
Other 51Թ Forms
- ˈǾ noun
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of memoir1
Example Sentences
‘Daisy Jones and the Six’ author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s new novel and Molly Jong-Fast’s memoir about her famous mother are among the notable books hitting shelves this month.
Roald Dahl's original sketches, created for his memoir, will be sold at auction after being found in an envelope.
In her memoir, “Wildfire Days: A Woman, a Hotshot Crew, and the Burning American West,” Ramsey takes us through two years of fighting wilderness fires in the mountains of Northern California.
Having to educate people about his name is one of the reasons he included it in the playful title of his latest graphic memoir, “It Rhymes With Takei.”
His 2023 memoir, largely a study of his early life and craft, alluded to the toll that his drug use took on his output.
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