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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 Word Forms
- ˈǾ noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of memoir1
Example Sentences
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.
It’s the stuff of movies and memoirs and about half the internet’s food blogs.
A certain sort of British memoir takes education as its queasy, pivotal center.
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