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memoir

[mem-wahr, -wawr]

noun

  1. a record of events written by a person having intimate knowledge of them and based on personal observation.

  2. Usually memoirs.

    1. an account of one's personal life and experiences; autobiography.

    2. the published record of the proceedings of a group or organization, as of a learned society.

  3. a biography or biographical sketch.



memoir

/ ˈɛɑː /

noun

  1. a biography or historical account, esp one based on personal knowledge

  2. an essay or monograph, as on a specialized topic

  3. obsoletea memorandum

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ˈ𳾴Ǿ noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of memoir1

First recorded in 1560–70; from French éǾ, from Latin memoria; memory
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Word History and Origins

Origin of memoir1

C16: from French, from Latin memoria memory
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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.

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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.”

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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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It’s the stuff of movies and memoirs and about half the internet’s food blogs.

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A certain sort of British memoir takes education as its queasy, pivotal center.

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